In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. 675
Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable – a most sacred right – a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. 668
I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country’s cause. 681
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. 692
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. 623
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. 2.54K
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling 1.43K
The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him 1.12K
