Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one.

I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.

If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.

A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

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

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.