A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and highest sense. But I cannot give liberty of conscience to the pope and his followers, the papists, so long as they tell me, through all their councils, theologians, and canon laws that their conscience orders them to burn my wife, strangle my children, and cut my throat when they find their opportunity.

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

If frienship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world.

I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man desires for himself.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

During the Civil War, on hearing complaints that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drank alcohol to excess Find out what Grant drinks and send a barrel of it to each of my other generals!