In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.

Don't be fooled. I kept all my workout clothes in that top hat.

The human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control.

Talk to the jury as though your client's fate depends on every word you utter.

I do not doubt that our country will finally come through safe and undivided. But do not misunderstand me... I do not rely on the patriotism of our people... the bravery and devotion of the boys in blue... (or) the loyalty and skill of our generals... But the God of our fathers, Who raised up this country to be the refuge and asylum of the oppressed and downtrodden of all nations, will not let it perish now. I may not live to see it... I do not expect to see it, but God will bring us through safe.

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not.