There is no social life outside of Christendom

He is the most gentle-looking and amiable of men. Every word and look indicate sincerity of heart, even to guilelessness.

Whatever policy we adopt, there must be an energetic prosecution of it. For this purpose it must be somebody's business to pursue and direct it incessantly.

The government of the United States, under the conduct of the Democratic Party, has been all that time surrendering one plain and castle after another to slavery.

The color of the prisoner’s skin, and the form of his features, are not impressed upon the spiritual immortal mind which works beneath. In spite of human pride, he is still your brother, and mine, in form and color accepted and approved by …

The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare and to liberty. But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, …

Remember always that the cause of the United States is the cause of human nature.