A nation cannot afford to do a mean thing.

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

By the Law of Slavery, man, created in the image of God, is divested of the human character, and declared to be a mere chattel.

The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.

If a man has done evil in his life, he must not be complimented in marble.

Nothing from man's hands, nor law, nor constitution, can be final. Truth alone is final.

The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.

War crushes with bloody heel all justice, all happiness, all that is Godlike in man. In our age there can be no peace that is not honorable; there can be no war that is not dishonorable.

Give me the centralism of liberty; give me the imperialism of equal rights.

The age of Chivalry is gone. An age of Humanity has come.

No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.

If I can’t quite figure out what an ego is, all I have to do is look for the thing that’s killing itself in the very act of feeding itself.

People mature with age and experience. I hope I more resemble a fine wine than bad vinegar.

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothing can beat teamwork.

Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it.

I don't think it's good for America to have a former president undermine a current president.

I didn't realize House would be the central character, more the bitter comic relief appearing occasionally. I relish his wounded nature - the lameness, the scarred Byronic hero.

Detroit is full of talent.

God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites so that you will have two wings to fly, not one.

Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures at all.