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.

What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?

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

What you have said, Mr. President, fully satisfies me that you have given to every proposition which has been made, a kind and candid consideration. And you have now expressed the conclusion to which you have arrived, clearly and distinctly.

The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States.

All men are born equally free.

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