Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. The present moment finds me at the White House, yet there is as good a chance for your children as there was for my father's.

In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party.

If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage.

I have never united myself to any church because I found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long, complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize the articles of belief and the usual confession of faith.

Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung

God must love the common man, he made so many of them.

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision.