The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves.
God reigns, and the Government at Washington still lives!
There are some things I am afraid of: I am afraid to do a mean thing.
Liberty is no negation. It is a substantive, tangible reality.
The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the shedding of blood there is no remission.
History is philosophy teaching by example, and also warning; its two eyes are geography and chronology.