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.

Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.

Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place.

Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed and sustained by the organized opinion of mankind.

To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life.

Reality is what I see, not what you see.