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

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

Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.

Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world?

I cannot imagine anyone looking at the sky and denying God.

It is for us and our time...to say the right makes might.

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