Washington's is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun, or glory to the name of Washington, is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

As labor is the common burden of our race, so the effort of some to shift their share of the burden onto the shoulders of others is the great durable curse of the race.

Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now an open question. Three-fourths of mankind confess the affirmative with their tongues, and I believe all the rest acknowledge it in their hearts.

One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended.

If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.