I do not allow myself to suppose that either the convention or the League, have concluded to decide that I am either the greatest or the best man in America, but rather they have concluded it is not best to swap horses while crossing the river, and have further concluded that I am not so poor a horse that they might not make a botch of it in trying to swap.

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.

Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil].

If any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others

I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire for themselves, and secondly those who desire it for others. Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol relate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing.

God can not be for, and against the same thing at the same time.