Adlai Stevenson: “At times the temptation may be strong to compass partisan ends by a disregard or a perversion of the rules.”

To garner up the fruits of successful revolution by ensuring stable government was the task demanding the loftiest statesmanship.

My countrymen, the little settlement planted just three centuries ago near the spot upon which we have to-day assembled has under divine guidance grown into a mighty nation.

In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being seasoned with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil.

From the establishment of the Government the question of human slavery was the one perilous question,--the one constant menace to national unity, until its final extinction amid the flames of war.