"When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
"all ships and vessels belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said States, with said exceptions, found at sea or in any port of the United States will be forfeited to the ..."
"that all commercial intercourse between the same and the inhabitants thereof, with the exceptions aforesaid, and the citizens of other States and other parts of the United States is unlawful, and will..."
"I hereby enjoin upon all district attorneys, marshals, and officers of the revenue and of the military and naval forces of the United States to be vigilant in the execution of said act and in the enfo..."
"leaving any party who may think himself aggrieved thereby to his application to the Secretary of the Treasury for the remission of any penalty or forfeiture, which the said Secretary is authorized by ..."
"it is peculiarly fit for us to recognize the hand of God in this terrible visitation."
"that the inestimable boon of civil and religious liberty, earned under His guidance and blessing by the labors and sufferings of our fathers, may be restored in all its original excellence."
"to pray that we may be spared further punishment, though most justly deserved."
"Whereas it is fit and becoming in all people at all times to acknowledge and revere the supreme government of God."
"to bow in humble submission to His chastisements, to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions in the full conviction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."
"to pray with all fervency and contrition for the pardon of their past offenses and for a blessing upon their present and prospective action."
"to humble ourselves before Him and to pray for His mercy."
"Public safety requires strict enforcement of this article."
"It was my intention, as shown by my letter of June 20, 1861, to appoint Hon. James H. Lane, of Kansas, a brigadier-general of United States Volunteers, in anticipation of the act of Congress since pas..."
"When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run."
"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or ex..."
"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection."
"To destroy the spirit of the Union, is to destroy the Union itself."
