The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust..

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are c….

We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man. In this great struggle, this form of Gov….

And whereas this House desires to obtain a full knowledge of all the facts which go to establish whether the particular spot of soil which the blood ….

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... corporations have been enthro….

Thus let bygones be bygones. Let past differences, as nothing be..

When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are created equal" a self evident truth; b….

I must keep some standard of principle fixed within myself..

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections..

Be excellent and party on dudes..

For it has been said, all that a man hath will he give for his life; and while all contribute of their substance the soldier puts his life at stake, ….

I am very glad indeed to see you to-night, and yet I will not say I thank you for this call, but I do most sincerely thank Almighty God for the occas….

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee..

There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending..

I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that his hand is in it. If He has a place and work….

There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one..

With the Catching Ends the Pleasure of the Chase..

I cannot speak so confidently about the fighting qualities of the Eastern men, or what are called Yankees - not knowing myself particularly to whom t….

Did Stanton say I was a damned fool? Then I dare say I must be one, for Stanton is generally right and he always says what he means..

The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma..

Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest..