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

I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it

Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest.

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office.

I hear you have abolitionists here. We have a few in Illinois, but we shot one the other day.

History is not history unless it is the truth.