If the Union was formed by accession of States then the Union may be dissolved by the secession of States.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

The most important thought that ever occupied my mind is that of my individual responsibility to God.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.

If all my possessions were taken from me with one exception, I would choose to keep the power of communication, for by it I would soon regain all the rest

The inherent right in the people to reform their government, I do not deny; and they have another right, and that is to resist unconstitutional laws without overturning the government.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves.

Hatred does not stir the stone men half so much as hunger.

The adversary system is a kind of warfare in mufti.

It is the best of all trades to make songs and the second best to sing them.

The passion to explore is at the heart of being human.

It's the same story with a few crucial additions; the most important one is you.

One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.

People want to know everything, and so they put you in the limelight. Sometimes, I am not down to earth, and I think I am flying away from the outer realms of reality.

I attract a different kind of boy when my hair's red. I get more quality men - like a more thoughtful, nerdy dude.

Humans abhor a vacuum. The immediate filling of a vacuum is one of the basic functions of speech. Meaningless conversations are no less important in our lives than meaningful ones.

May I meet each moment fully and meet it as a friend.