I am not one of those who have the least anxiety about the triumph of the principles I have stood for. I have seen fools resist Providence before, and I have seen their destruction, as will come upon these again, utter destruction and contempt. That we shall prevail is as sure as that God reigns.

We [Americans] have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.

The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.

America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who conduct it.

Responsibility is proportionate to opportunity.

The westward march has stopped, upon the final plains of the Pacific; and now the plot thickenswith the change, the pause, the settlement, our people draw into closer groups, stand face to face, to know each other and be known.

If you lose your wealth, you have lost nothing; if you lose your health, you have lost something; but if you lose your character, you have lost everything.