As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.

If it is a crime to love the South, its cause and its President, then I am a criminal. I would rather lie down in this prison and die than leave it owing allegiance to a government such as yours.

The secession of the Southern States, individually or in the aggregate, was the certain consequence of Mr. Lincoln's election.

I thank god that I can say on my death bed that I am a virtuous woman.

Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln for in him I saw the destroyer.

A true woman always loves a real soldier.

I only wanted to help my people.

What a jolly thing military surveillance is!

Just previous to the birth of my little son, my mind gave way and my child was born in the asylum for the insane at Stockton, Cal. My boy was buried there.

Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on.

Not to sound overly cheesy but I really appreciate the freedom we have in America - especially as a female.

I'm far from a saint.

There are a couple of ideas for features that I would love to do. They happen to be comedies.

Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams. All of them are different styles, but those are the songs that make the times. They're the songs that last through time.

Flying fosters fantasies of childhood, of omnipotence, rapid shifts of being, miraculous moments; it stirs our capacity for dreaming.

Acknowledge World Aids Day! Do what you can to help save lives! #livingforlove

Peter Fonda is the reason I became a motorcyclist. I saw Easy Rider and I bought a motorcycle the next day, and I rode it all the way from LA to San Francisco.

If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me

The miserable's name is Man; he is agonizing in all climes, and he is groaning in all languages.

The elementary school must assume as its sublime and most solemn responsibility the task of teaching every child in it to read. Any school that does not accomplish this has failed.