Now if you should hear any one say that Lincoln don't [sic] want to go to Congress, I wish you as a personal friend of mine, wouldtell him that you have reason to believe he is mistaken.

Nothing is more damaging to you than to do something that you believe is wrong.

I cannot imagine anyone looking at the sky and denying God.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.

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

A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain durability.