The District of Columbia is the one spot where there is no government for the people, of the people and by the people.

The Constitution of the United States knows no distinction between citizens on account of color. Neither does it know any difference between a citizen of a state and a citizen of the United States.

We are Americans, speaking the same language, adopting the same customs, holding the same general opinions... and shall rise and fall with Americans.

Immense wealth, and its lavish expenditure, fill the great house with all that can please the eye, or tempt the taste. Here, appetite, not food, is the great desideratum.

A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.

You have seen how a man was made a slave; you shall see how a slave was made a man.

The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion.