My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.

The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.

The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.

If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics.

Nationality is the aggregated individuality of the greatest men of the nation.

I am a man of peace, God knows how I love peace; but I hope I shall never be such a coward as to mistake oppression for peace.

Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity.