All this has been my fault.

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

A land without memories is a people without liberty.

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

You don't need to play every ball but every ball needs your judgement.

But you will admit that it is a very good thing to be alive.

There was an edge of, 'Go away kid, you're bothering me'. I've kicked myself a million times since. I could've discovered Whitney Houston.

I actually think the common anarchist position is that people are fundamentally good, blah blah blah. I don't believe that.

The planet does nothing but support us, and we are constantly committing crimes against nature

Don't overlook life's small joys while searching for the big ones.

The wise are unaffected either by death or life. These are but faces of the same coin.

A lot of my songs are about taking whatever life throws at you and making the most of it.

Choose your friends carefully. Your enemies will choose you.

Every Kenyan writer has offered me something to hold onto, something to believe in.