All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing.

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.

As long as the Almighty permitted intelligent men, created in his image and likeness, to fight in public and kill each other while the world looks on approvingly, it's not for me to deprive the chickens of the same privilege.

We must ask where we are and whither we are tending.

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.