A bad war is fought with a good mind.

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection.

My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.

The most enviable praise of all is just to be called an honest man.

We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government it's surest support.

Our Constitution gives to bigotry no sanction.