If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

I could not sleep when I got on the hunt for an idea, until I had caught it. This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck with me.

I am a moderate walker, however I never stroll back.

If I have one vice and I can call it nothing else it is not able to say 'no'.

What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?

Your organization will take on the personality of its top leaders

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.