If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage.

It has been said of the world's history hitherto that might makes right. It is for us and for our time to reverse the maxim, and to say that right makes might.

Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

I could as easily bail out the Potomac River with a teaspoon as attend to all the details of the army.

I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.

If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.