What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?

There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending.

My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.

You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry

The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.

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

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.