I can scarcely contemplate a more incalculable evil than the breaking of the Union into two or more parts.

We are afraid of the known and afraid of the unknown. That is our daily life and in that there is no hope, and therefore every form of philosophy, every form of theological concept, is merely an escape from the actual reality of what is. All outward forms of change brought about by wars, revolutions, reformations, laws and ideologies have failed completely to change the basic nature of man and therefore of society.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

A government held together by the bands of reason only, requires much compromise of opinion.

A nation, as a society, forms a moral person, and every member of it is personally responsible for his society.

The wisdom of our ages and the blood of our heroes has been devoted to the attainment of trial by jury. It should be the creed of our political faith.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.