It must be a peace without victory

I am one who fights without a knack of hoping confidentlysimply a Scotch-Irishman who will not be conquered.

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

We are expected to put the utmost energy, of every power that we have, into the service of our fellow men, never sparing ourselves, not condescending to think of what is going to happen to ourselves, but ready, if need be, to go to the utter length of self-sacrifice.

The competent leader of men cares little for the niceties of other peoples' characters: he cares much--everything--for the exterior uses to which they may be put.... These are men to be moved. How should he move them? He supplies the power; others simply the materials on which that power operates.

If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it.

Benevolence does not consist in those who are prosperous pitying and helping those who are not. It consists in fellow feeling that puts you upon actually the same level with the fellow who suffers.