The right to have a slave implies the right in some one to make the slave; that right must be equal and mutual, and this would resolve society into a state of perpetual war.

The whole hope of human progress is suspended on the ever-growing influence of the Bible.

The two systems slave and free-labor are incompatible. They have never permanently existed together in one country, and they never can.

We show our sympathy with slavery by emancipating slaves where we cannot reach them, and holding them in bondage where we can set them free.

Simultaneously with the establishment of the Constitution, Virginia ceded to the United States her domain, which then extended to the Mississippi, and was even claimed to extend to the Pacific Ocean.

It is the maintenance of slavery by law in a state, not parallels of latitude, that makes its a southern state; and the absence of this, that makes it a northern state.

Revolutions never go backward.

No man will ever be President of the United States who spells 'negro' with two gs.

There is a higher law than the Constitution.

I know and all the world knows, that revolutions never go backwards.

It is an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces.

There is no failure except in no longer trying.

…the truest feeling of happiness is the security that comes with being loved.

There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government of the United States.

Probably you are right, probably not... who knows?

Testing time is the time for an increase in praise.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

If you can help guide somebody through a challenging moment because you've been there, that ends up becoming a great gift.

Really, contrary to popular belief, I like to have a good time and not take myself too seriously.

No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness.

I used to do stuff at college. I could do voices. I could make some people laugh. I wasn't the class clown, but I knew I had this skill.