Nothing from man's hands, nor law, nor constitution, can be final. Truth alone is final.

I am without religious feeling.

The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.

Whether the Union stands or falls, I believe the profession of arms will henceforth be more desirable and more respected than it has been hitherto.

The press, watchful with more than the hundred eyes of Argus, strong with more than the hundred arms of Briareus, not only guards all the conquests of civilization, but leads the way to future triumphs.

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man

Without knowledge there can be no sure progress. Vice and barbarism are the inseparable companions of ignorance. Nor is it too much to say that, except in rare instances, the highest virtue is attained only through intelligence.