From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

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.

There are two sorts of pity: one is a balm and the other a poison; the first is realized by our friends, the last by our enemies.

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.

Can there be in our age any peace that is not honorable, any war that is not dishonorable?

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

Without security, civilization is cramped and dwarfed. Without security, there can be no freedom. Nor shall I say too much, when I declare that security, guarded of course by its offspring, freedom, is the true end and aim of government.