Calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg.

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution.

I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

At 50, if you are on a diet on your birthday, you can't eat a piece of your birthday cake. So grab two, a piece in each hand and, lo and behold, you will be on a balanced diet! Happy birthday, old chum!

I turn, then, and look to the American people and to that God who has never forsaken them.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'