You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough.

I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.

The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.

I trust that as He shall further open the way, I will be ready to walk therein, relying on His help and trusting in His goodness and wisdom.

A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.

Relying, as I do, upon the Almighty Power, and encouraged as I am by these resolutions which you have just read, with the support which I receive from Christian men, I shall not hesitate to use all the means at my control to secure the termination of this rebellion, and will hope for success.

It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.