The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

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

READILY and, I trust, feelingly acknowledge the duty incumbent on us all . . . to provide for those who, in the mysterious order of Providence, are subject to want and to disease of body or mind; but I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for making the Federal Government the great almoner of public charity throughout the United States . . . .

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

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

After the White House what is there to do but drink?

With the Union my best and dearest earthly hopes are entwined.