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

in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.

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

Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.

Persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should be adopted to influence the conduct of men. The opposite course would be a reversal of human nature, which is God's decree and can never be reversed.

I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the world is communicated to us through this Book.

It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing.