Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.
The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show
Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.
In the minds of most men, the kingdom of opinion is divided into three territories,--the territory of yes, the territory of no, and a broad, unexplored middle ground of doubt.
They grow stiff in the joints. They get in a rut. They go to seed.
The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.