All Secret Oath-bound Political Parties Are Dangerous

No Other Terms Than Unconditional And Immediate Surrender. I Propose To Move Immediately Upon Your Works.

Let No Guilty Man Escape, If It Can He Avoided. . . . No Personal Consideration Should Stand In The Way Of Performing A Public Duty.

Leave The Matter Of Religion To The Family Altar, The Church, And The Private School, Supported Entirely By Private Contributions. Keep The Church And State Forever Separate.

The Cause Of The Great War Of The Rebellion Against The United States Will Have To Be Attributed To Slavery. For Some Years Before The War Began It Was A Trite Saying Among Some Politicians That "a State Half Slave And Half Free Cannot Exist." All Must Become Slave Or All Free, Or The State Will Go Down. I Took No Part Myself In Any Such View Of The Case At The Time, But Since The War Is Over, Reviewing The Whole Question, I Have Come To The Conclusion That The Saying Is Quite True.

I Never Wanted To Get Out Of A Place As Much As I Did To Get Out Of The Presidency.