As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.

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.

How many lovers did a person need, anyway?

Mia, ' she whispered. I turned around. 'What?' I whispered back.She smiled at me a little. 'LEEERRROOOY JEEENNKKIINNNSS!' she shouted, then spun around and ran toward the Z's in the lighting section.

I feel like all I've done lately is play really sexually-charged drug addicts. I don't know what's wrong with me. I've gotta go to Disneyland more and get more excitement.

Scarves, mittens, and hats are a great way to express your personality in the cold weather

Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside.

I grew up listening to 2 Live Crew and NWA and I never went out and shot nobody.

The higher the wages the fewer the jobs; the lower the wages the more the jobs.

All stress begins with one negative thought.

Every painting is always two paintings: The one you see, and the one you remember.

I felt the mask crumple, the great poisonous store of corrosive ashes begin to spew out of my mouth.