Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.

I think slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

I have just read your dispatch about sore-tongued and fatigued horses, Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your army have done since the Battle of Antietam that fatigues anything?

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

Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result.

I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that his hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me - and I think He has - I believe I am ready.