There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration.

No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?

I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else.

Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object

Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

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.