Labor is superior to capital and precedes capital. Without labor, there is no capital.

IF you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But, if you are going to negotiate, don't let them talk you into fighting.

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.

No man has a right to judge Andrew Johnson in any respect who has not suffered as much and done as much as he for the Nation's sake.

To ease another’s heartache is to forget one’s own.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.