We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

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.

Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizen of the several States. We should bear this in mind, and act in such a way as to say nothing insulting or irritating. I would inculcate this idea, so that we may not, like Pharisees, set ourselves up to be better than other people.

I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination. I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing.

As the problems are new, we must disenthrall ourselves from the past.