to bow in humble submission to His chastisements, to confess and deplore their sins and transgressions in the full convi...
to pray that we may be spared further punishment, though most justly deserved.
that the inestimable boon of civil and religious liberty, earned under His guidance and blessing by the labors and suffe...
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-gener...
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
To destroy the spirit of the Union, is to destroy the Union itself.
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds o...
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existin...
This is essentially a People's contest. On the side of the Union it is a struggle for maintaining in the world that form...
Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
