The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma.

I say now, however, as I have all the while said, that on the territorial question - that is, the question of extending slavery under the national auspices, - I am inflexible. I am for no compromise which assists or permits the extension of the institution on soil owned by the nation.

I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.

No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive.

I can't spare this man, he fights!

I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation should be on the Lord's side.

Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived.