I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.

Public opinion is founded, to a great extent, on a property basis. What lessens the value of property is opposed, what enhances its value is favored.

Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.

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.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. ... that of being truly esteemed of my fellow‑men.

I have enlisted for the permanent success of the Republican cause; and, for this object, I shall labor faithfully in the ranks, unless, as I think not probable, the judgment of the party shall assign me a different position.