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

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.

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.

The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!

Poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese.

If you are able to focus unswervingly on your goals, then all that you desire will become yours.

We can make our earth a heaven or a hell based on the choices that we make.

When you're a kid and you're a superhero lover, the holy trinity is Batman, Superman and Spider-Man, so to be able to take any of those and play with it is a huge joy.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it

I do find it bizarre that people find it bizarre that I've grown up.

It's better to be angry without paying for gold than to be angry after you paid.

Virtue can have naught to do with ease. . . . It craves a steep and thorny path.

You need to react. That's the absurdity of Twitter. You can react without thinking now.

The next time you find yourself in an argument, rather than defend your position, see if you can see the other point of view first.