...I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution, and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated in accordance with the original idea for which that struggle was made, and I shall be most happy indeed if I shall be an humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty, and of this, his almost chosen people, for perpetuating the object of that great struggle.

Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung

A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... the fate of humanity is in his hands.

I hope it will not be irreverent in me to say, that if it be probable that God would reveal his will to others, on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me

Don't pray that God's on our side, pray that we're on his side.

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest.

I was elected a Captain of Volunteers--a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.