The political horizon looks dark and lowering; but the people, under Providence, will set all right.

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

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.

We believe that the spreading out and perpetuity of the institution of slavery impairs the general welfare. We believe - nay, we know, that that is the only thing that has ever threatened the perpetuity of the Union itself.