If this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle - I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than to surrender it.

The Union, in any event, won't be dissolved. We don't want to dissolve it, and if you attempt it, we won't let you.

Wise councils may accelerate or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later the victory is sure to come

Stand with anybody that stands RIGHT. Stand with him while he is right and PART with him when he goes wrong.

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.