If the union of these States, and the liberties of this people, shall be lost, it is but little to any one man of fifty-two yearsof age, but a great deal to the thirty millions of people who inhabit these United States, and to their posterity in all coming time.

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

I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.

I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed

A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet