Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.

Let us renew our trust in god, and go forward without fear.

I do not allow myself to suppose that either the convention or the League, have concluded to decide that I am either the greatest or the best man in America, but rather they have concluded it is not best to swap horses while crossing the river, and have further concluded that I am not so poor a horse that they might not make a botch of it in trying to swap.

There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

Cling to liberty and right; battle fro them; leed for them; die for them, if need be; and have confidence in God.

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.