My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.

We made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to be a fatal mistake. We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and all our best generals to edit the newspapers

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.

I am of the opinion that all who can should vote for the most intelligent, honest, and conscientious men eligible to office, irrespective of former party opinions, who will endeavour to make the new constitutions and the laws passed under them as beneficial as possible to the true interests, prosperity, and liberty of all classes and conditions of the people.

Whither shall I flee? To no country on earth that I know of where there is as much liberty as yet remains to me even in Virginia.

What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.