I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races: that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office, nor to intermarry with white people.

Let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty.

confused and Stunned, like a duck hit on the head.

If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage.

Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good.

Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

I believe the Bible is the best gift God ever gave to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through that book." On a personal spiritual note, Lincoln confessed, "I have been driven many times to my knees with the overwhelming conviction, that I had nowhere else to go.