Gratefully accepting the proffered honor, [to inscribe a new legal work to him] I give the leave, begging only that the inscription may be in modest ….

Cortissoz was art critic of the New York Herald Tribune..

The ballot is stronger than the bullet..

Reduce the supply of black labor by colonizing the black laborer out of the country, and by precisely so much you increase the demand for and wages o….

The plainest print cannot be read through a gold eagle..

If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing on an….

And while it has not pleased the Almighty to bless us with a return of peace, we can but press on, guided by the best light He gives, trusting that i….

Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still can not repeal ….

If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already..

The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes f….

Let no young man choosing the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief -- resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own ju….

You know I dislike slavery; and you fully admit the abstract wrong of it..

Behind the cloud the sun is still shining..

I turn, then, and look to the American people and to that God who has never forsaken them..

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible..

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed..

I will learn, the opportunity will come..

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life..

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother..

That I am not a member of any Christian Church, is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures; and I have never spoken with intentiona….

Don't kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy..