Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.

The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.

Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.

You cannot have the right to do what is wrong!

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.

Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result.

It may be affirmed, without extravagance, that the free institutions we enjoy, have developed the powers, and improved the condition, of our whole people, beyond any example in the world.