God is the silent partner in ALL great enterprises.

In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in the making the bondage of the negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, and sneered at, and construed, and hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it.

The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his headquarters where his hindquarters aught to be.

I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.

Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people of all nations and tongues and kindreds.

The leading rule for a man of every calling is diligence; never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.