There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the trouble will come to an end.

If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along anywhere.

The very spot where grew the bread that formed my bones, I see. How strange, old field, on thee to tread, and feel I'm part of thee.

In law it is good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you can not.

My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully.

Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

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.