Of all knaves the religious knave is the worst.

If your past is limited, your future is boundless.

I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war.

I find the remark, "Tis distance lends enchantment to the view" is no less true of the political than of the natural world.

I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled upon our fathers may enable their children to preserve the blessings they have inherited.

You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me in your strength.

The founders of the Republic dealt with things as they were presented to them, in a spirit of self sacrificing Patriotism and as time has proved, with a comprehensive wisdom which it will always be safe for us to consult