The thought of going abroad makes my heart leap.

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.

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

The age of Chivalry is gone. An age of Humanity has come.

Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.

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