In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free.
The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.
With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured.
It is better to remain quiet and be thought a fool...
You can't help the poor by being one of them.
The severest justice may not always be the best policy
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it.
It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day.
Tell the truth and you won't have so much to remember