No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor.

I'd rather have a bullet inside of me than to be living in constant dread of one.

The bud of victory is always in the truth.

Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.

The disfranchisement of a single legal elector by fraud or intimidation is a crime too grave to be regarded lightly.

Will it not be wise to allow the friendship between nations to rest upon deep and permanent things? Irritations of the cuticle must not be confounded with heart failure.

Lincoln had faith in time, and time has justified his faith.