Doubtless you begin to understand how disagreeable it is to me to do a thing arbitrarily, when it is unsatisfactory to others associated with me.

I think I stand where that man stands.

Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result.

You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then exclusively to save the Union.

Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity - Posterity has done nothing for us

I had been told I was on the road to hell, but I had no idea it was just a mile down the road with a dome on it.

An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.