I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.

I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.

We seek not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow those who would prevert it.

It is not 'Is God on my side', but 'Am I on God's side'.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

I hold that while a man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

Familiarize yourselves with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own independence and become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you.