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

No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

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.

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

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.

War is a positive, precise and specific evil, of gigantic proportions ...making within the sphere of its influence all true grandeur impossible.

The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.