It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going.

I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence, I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.

If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced. If I had been allowed my way this war would have been ended before this.

If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity of their own liberties and institutions.

Teach hope to all, despair to none.

He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.