The greatest lessons I have every learned were at my mother's knees... All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. The picture was not made to conceal or destroy the apple, but to adorn and preserve it. The picture was made for the apple-not the apple for the picture.

Young man, if God gives me four years more to rule this country, I believe it will become what it ought to be-what its Divine Author intended it to be-no longer one vast plantation for breeding human beings for the purpose of lust and bondage. But it will become a new Valley of Jehoshaphat, where all the nations of the earth will assemble together under one flag, worshipping a common God, and they will celebrate the resurrection of human freedom.

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

Tis better people think you a fool, then open your mouth and erase all doubt.

What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army...our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms...

The US patent system adds the fuel of interest to the fire of genius in the discovery and production of new and useful things