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

It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.

You already know I desire that neither Father or Mother shall be in want of any comfort either in health or sickness while they live.

Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

Well, I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.

I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion.

I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office.