I hope it will not be irreverent in me to say, that if it be probable that God would reveal his will to others, on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them, when they are invaded.

All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible.

The surest way to reveal one's character is not through adversity but by giving them power.

I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.

It has been said of the world's history hitherto that might makes right. It is for us and for our time to reverse the maxim, and to say that right makes might.

I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.