Labor in this country is independent and proud. It has not to ask the patronage of capital, but capital solicits the aid of labor.

The Sermon on the Mount cannot be a merely human production. This belief enters into the very depth of my conscience. The whole history of man proves it.

Let our object be - our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. And by the blessing of God, may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument - not of oppression and terror, but of wisdom, of Peace, and of Liberty, upon which the world may gaze with admiration forever.

There is something about men more capable of shaking despotic power than lightening, whirlwind, or earthquake, that is, the threatened indignation of the whole civilized world.

He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.

There is no refuge from confession but suicide; and suicide is confession.

Power naturally and necessarily follows property.