I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right.

To me, the Presidency and the Vice-Presidency were not prizes to be won, but a duty to be done.

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

We are bound together by the most powerful of all ties, our fervent love for freedom and independence, which knows no homeland but the human heart.

Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave.

I hope never to see the day that I cannot admit having made a mistake.