Political Quotes

I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly those who desire it for others.

I believe that it is not only possible, but in fact easier, to do this without deciding or even considering whether these States have ever been out of the Union, than with it.

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.