I should NOT be trading on the blood of my men.

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.

To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.

We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count.

A house is no home unless it contain food and fire for the mind as well as for the body.

The one thing you shouldn't do is try to tell a cab driver how to get somewhere.

The independent film business is pretty much gone. Now you can do it in a format where you actually get to develop a character over a period of time.

We need women leaders. But we need them to have a vision for something.

What could there be more purely bright in truth's day star?

Freedom cannot be granted. It must be taken.

I base a lot of decisions on my gut, and going with an independent label was a good one.

So now we all know," says Four, quietly, "that you are afraid of a short, skinny girl from Abnegation." His mouth curls into a smile.