The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance.
What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of our gallant and disciplined army...our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms...
One is a majority if he is right.
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
This is essentially a people's contest... whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from all shoulders - to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all - to afford all, an unfettered start and a fair chance, in the race of life.
We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown.
There is a vague popular belief that lawyers are necessarily dishonest. I say vague, because when we consider to what extent confidence and honors are reposed in and conferred upon lawyers by the people, it appears improbable that their impression of dishonesty is very distinct and vivid. Yet the impression is common, almost universal.
I intend no modification of my oft-expressed wish that all men everywhere could be free.
Every head should be cultivated.
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."
The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.
This human struggle and scramble for office, for a way to live without work, will finally test the strength of our institutions.
Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.
. . . peace is a thing which a person must be willing to fight for . . .
I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.
The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all, or can not so well do, for themselves – in their separate, and individual capacities.
I am in favor of a national bank...in favor of the internal improvements system and a high protective tariff.
Friendship is the start for what you call love.
I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.
Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.
Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation.
I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me.
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