I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

All creation is a mine, and every man a miner.

You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is the rub. It certainly is the only substantial difference between us.

Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest.