"In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth."
"Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)"
"Let no feeling of discouragement preyupon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed."
"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"
"The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter usfrom the support of a cause we believe to be just."
"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"