All men are born equally free.

States Rights died at Appomattox.

There came a time in my life when I doubted the divinity of the Scriptures, and I resolved as a lawyer and a judge I would try the Book as I would try anything in the courtroom, taking evidence for and against. It was a long, serious and profound study and using the same principles of evidence in this religious matter as I always do in secular matters, I have come to the decision that the Bible is a supernatural Book, that it has come from God, and that the only safety for the human race is to follow its teachings.

How wrong it is for those who love, not to express their love.

The legal tender quality [of money] is only valuable for the purposes of dishonesty.

True Democracy makes no enquiry about the color of the skin, or the place of nativity. Wherever it sees a man, it recognizes a being endowed by his Creator with original inalienable rights

I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were neither fees nor salary connected with it.