Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in the crowd asked how he liked it, and his reply was that if it wasn't for the honor of the thing, he would much rather walk.

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

The will of God prevails.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

When Judge Douglas says that whoever, or whatever community, wants slaves, they have a right to have them, he is perfectly logical if there is nothing wrong in the institution; but if you admit that it is wrong, he cannot logically say that anybody has a right to do wrong.

You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.

Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?