Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.

In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party.

As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every American pledge his life, his property, and his sacred honor;-let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty.

You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.

Don't be fooled. I kept all my workout clothes in that top hat.

No man has a right to judge Andrew Johnson in any respect who has not suffered as much and done as much as he for the Nation's sake.