Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.

If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature.

I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.

An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.

Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.

It's time for me to go. But I would rather stay.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.