The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.

Enslave the liberty of but one human being and the liberties of the world are put in peril.

There must be no compromise with slavery - none whatever. Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expedience.

I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

Everyone should be treated fairly no matter what they look like.

No man shall rule over me with my consent. I will rule over no man.

I have a need to be all on fire, for I have mountains of ice about me to melt.

We may be personally defeated, but our principles never!

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights.

Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?

Great is the mercy of God.

I'm sure that's when you really know you are happy - when you wake up wanting to embrace your future, rather than trying to squirm away from your past.

Curiosity is the primary fuel that drives lifelong education.

To a mother, a child is everything; but to a child, a parent is only a link in the chain of her existence.

Mehr als das Leben lieb' ich meine Freiheit. More than life, I cherish freedom.

A man's errors are what make him amiable.

The theater is where I belonged; I simply wanted to be an actress my whole life.

Perfect grammar - persistent, continuous, sustained - is the fourth dimension, so to speak; many have sought it, but none has found it.

We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.

It makes people nervous for one to step out of one's role.