As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew.

Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream.

A man has not the time to spend half his life in quarrels. If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him.

I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else.

Human-nature will not change.