Towering genius...thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freeman.

Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.

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

I am for . . . each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.

Life is hard but so very beautiful

My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.

A man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be.