It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe.
The law is the only sure protection of the weak, and the only efficient restraint upon the strong.
The nourishment is palatable.
God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil ... and we must endure it and give it such protection as is guaranteed by the Constitution.
It is not strange... to mistake change for progress.
God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it, till we can get rid of it without destroying the last hope of free government in the world.