If there is no military need for the building, leave it alone, neither putting anyone in or out of it, except on finding some one preaching or practicing treason, in which case lay hands on him, just as if he were doing the same thing in any other building.

If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced. If I had been allowed my way this war would have been ended before this.

I am busily engaged in study of the Bible.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition.

If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that ‘all men are created equal,' and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

Human nature will not change. In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak and as strong, as silly and as wise, as bad and as good. Let us therefore study the incidents in this as philosophy to learn wisdom from and none of them as wrongs to be avenged.