From The Experience Of The Past We

Our Constitution Professedly Rests Upon The Good Sense And Attachment Of The People. This Basis, Weak As It May Appear, Has Not Yet Been Found To Fail.

Occasional War Is One Of The Rigorous Instruments In The Hands Of Providence To Give Tone To The Character Of Nations.

America Does Not Go Abroad In Search Of Monsters To Destroy. She Is The Well-wisher To Freedom And Independence Of All. She Is The Champion And Vindicator Only Of Her Own. Sir Anthony Hopkins Portrayal Of Me Was Adequate. I Do Believe That My Sideburns Were Of Substantially Higher Quality, However.

Slavery Is The Great And Foul Stain Upon The North American Union. A Dissolution, At Least Temporary, Of The Union, As Now Constituted, Would Now Be Certainly Necessary. The Union Might Then Be Reorganized On The Fundamental Principle Of Emancipation.

The Laws Of Man May Bind Him In Chains Or May Put Him To Death, But They Never Can Make Him Wise, Virtuous, Or Happy.