The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party - and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect His purpose.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity.

Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.

I am slow to learn and slow to forget that which I have learned. My mind is like a piece of steel, very hard to scratch any thing on it and almost impossible after you get it there to rub it out.