Women are the only people I am afraid of who I never thought would hurt me

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.

As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.

I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel. And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling.

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.

I must keep some standard of principle fixed within myself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.