When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.

If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced. If I had been allowed my way this war would have been ended before this.

The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776.