For love of country, they accepted death.

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.

In my judgment it is the duty of Congress, while respecting to the uttermost the conscientious convictions and religious scruples of every citizen, to prohibit within its jurisdiction all criminal practices ... Nor can any ecclesiastical organization be safely permitted to usurp in the smallest degree the functions and powers of the National Government.

But for we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare... are to be found portrayed in it.