It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.

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.

I am a spinner of yarns

All extremes of feeling are allied with madness.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a lot of people who play golf don't dress very well.

Three men riding on a bicycle which has only one wheel, I guess that's surrealism.

Politicians, they give the visible aspect of the change, but the change, the root, the anchor are in young people.

I'm a terrible dancer! I dance like a guy who is trying to dance.

I think the one thing for me that's been working is just authenticity.

Standing on the fringes of life... offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor.

The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.