A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.

Labor is the great source from which nearly all, if not all, human comforts and necessities are drawn.

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

When Judge Douglas says that whoever, or whatever community, wants slaves, they have a right to have them, he is perfectly logical if there is nothing wrong in the institution; but if you admit that it is wrong, he cannot logically say that anybody has a right to do wrong.

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man.

The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.