War is a blessing compared with national degradation.

If in madness of delusion, anyone shall lift his parricidal hand against this blessed union, the arms of thousands will be raised to save it, and the curse of millions will fall upon the head which may have plotted its destruction.

I do not promise to believe tomorrow exactly what I believe today, and I do not believe today exactly what I believed yesterday. I expect to make, as I have made, some honest progress within every succeeding twenty-four hours.

Desperate courage makes One a majority.

Temporize not! It is always injurious.

I say to you never involve yourself in debt, and become no man's surety.

This season has been full of rewards. The dinners and banquets just keep on coming. It's great. We want to carry it on as long as we can.