Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil].

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.

Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly, or indirectly, interfere with their slaves, or with them, about their slaves? If they do, I wish to assure you, as once a friend, and still, I hope, not an enemy, that there is no cause for such fears.

We cannot escape history.

Labor is the true standard of value.

The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.