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.

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 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.

The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!

What is in one is in the whole, and therefore, ultimately, each soul is responsible for the world.

Water will, increasingly, be detained, stored and then recycled or infiltrated in gardens.

Growing old - it's not nice but it's interesting.

Few things are as encouraging as the realization that things can be different and that we have a role in making them so.

Our nation was horrified, but it's not going to be terrorized.

I truly believe that a woman who knows herself, and who thus knows her true value, can never be frightened into being co-opted.

I guess you could say I'm like a film director but my movies have only one frame.

If you're trying to make someone happy, you gotta try and make them happy.

Now is my time. Everything I've done up to this point is just a warm up. This is where it all begins.

People are afraid to die, and even more afraid to live.