Don't judge a man by the size of his ego or his heart, but on the epicness of his beard and the beautiful woman on his arm

Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.

If the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with disappointments to bevery much chagrined.

I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

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

It's not me who can't keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't.