I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be 'the Union as it was'.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.

I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of.

Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.

In order to win a man to your cause, you must first reach his heart, the great high road to his reason.

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.