I affect no contempt for the high eminence he [Senator Stephen Douglas] has reached. So reached, that the oppressed of my species,might have shared with me in the elevation, I would rather stand on that eminence, than wear the richest crown that ever pressed a monarch's brow.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts.

What are you gonna do for a face when the baboon wants his ass back?

It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.

There is no greater injustice than to wring your profits from the sweat of another man's brow.

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.