Without a struggle, there can be no progress.

In life you don't get everything you pay for, but you must pay for everything you get.

This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.

The ballot is the only safety.

To make a contented slave it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken the moral and mental vision and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.

My great and exceeding joy over these stupendous achievements, especially over the abolition of slavery (which had been the deepest desire and the great labor of my life), was slightly tinged with a feeling of sadness.

Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!