I cannot bring myself to believe that any human being lives who would do me any harm.

We shall not fail - if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.

And then, there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonnet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation.

The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.

Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.

I cannot make it better known than it already is that I strongly favor colonization.

You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm.