If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing on an average one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey eyes -- no other marks or brands recollected.

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

A right result, at this time, will be worth more to the world, than ten times the men, and ten times the money.

There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one. There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed.

Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.

I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.

If you love something, set it free.