Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.

To no human charter am I indebted for my rights.

I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system.

Truth and mercy require the exertion - never the suppression, of man's noble rights and powers.

I trust, that your readers will not construe my words to mean, that I would not have gone to a 3 o'clock in the morning session, for the sake of defeating the Nebraska bill.

The only ground on which a neutral State can claim respect at the hands of belligerents is, that, so far as she is concerned, their rights are protected.

I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.