Shall we stop this bleeding?

I destroy my enemy if I make him my friend.

Law is nothing else but the best reason of wise men applied for ages to the transactions and business of mankind.

When arguing with a fool, make sure the opponent isn't doing the exact same thing.

When I lay down the reins of this administration, I want to have one friend left. And that friend is myself.

The land, the earth God gave to man for his home ... should never be the possession of any man, corporation, (or) society ... any more than the air or water.

In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free. I insist that they found the institution of slavery existing here. They did not make it so, but they left it so because they knew of no way to get rid of it at that time.