Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity.

I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.

Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction ... nor of dungeons to ourselves. Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Better to remain silent and thought a fool, than to speak out and confirm that you didn't do the assigned readings before the strategic planning retreat.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

Do I not damage my enemies after i make them my close friends?

I think that if anything can be proved by natural theology, it is that slavery is morally wrong. God gave man a mouth to receive bread, hands to feed it, and his hand has a right to carry bread to his mouth without controversy.