The authors of all our misfortune.

Nothing fills me with deeper sadness than to see a Southerner apologizing for the defense we made of our inheritance.

Lay aside all rancor, all bitter sectional feeling, and to make your places in the ranks of those who will bring about a consummation devoutly to be wished—a reunited country.

It is our duty to keep the memory of our heroes green. Yet they belong to the whole country; they belong to America.

Obstacles may retard, but they cannot long prevent the progress of a movement sanctified by its justice, and sustained by a virtuous people .

Upon my weary heart was showered smiles, plaudits and flowers, but beyond them I saw troubles and thorns innumerable.

Let men not ask what the law requires, but give whatever freedom demands.