"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."
"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"
"A house divided cannot stand."
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."
"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."