I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.

I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.

Young man, if God gives me four years more to rule this country, I believe it will become what it ought to be-what its Divine Author intended it to be-no longer one vast plantation for breeding human beings for the purpose of lust and bondage. But it will become a new Valley of Jehoshaphat, where all the nations of the earth will assemble together under one flag, worshipping a common God, and they will celebrate the resurrection of human freedom.

We will make converts day by day; we will grow strong by the violence and injustice of our adversaries. And, unless truth be a mockery and justice a hollow lie, we will be in the majority after a while.

Believing everybody is dangerous, but believing nobody is more dangerous.

You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm.