I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me.

I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.

A day spent helping no one but yourself is a day wasted.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.

We should avoid planting and cultivating too many thorns in the bosom of society.

So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government; and so to resist force, employed for its destruction, by force, for its preservation.

We must work earnestly in the best light He gives us.