A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground.

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens.

It is for us and our time...to say the right makes might.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration.

If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy.