Let us labor for the security of free thought, free speech, pure morals, unfettered religious sentiments, and equal rights and privileges for all men, irrespective of nationality, color, or religion;.... leave the matter of religious teaching to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contribution. Keep church and state forever separate.

The cause of the great War of the Rebellion against the United Status will have to be attributed to slavery.

The will of the people is the best law.

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.

I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle" and the other isn't.

It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.

Our great modern Republic. May those who seek the blessings of its institutions and the protection of its flag remember the obligations they impose.