My Politics Are Short And Sweet, Like

Oh, That [his Thanksgiving Message] Is Some Of Seward's Nonsense, And It Pleases The Fools.

I Hope It Will Not Be Irreverent In Me To Say, That If It Be Probable That God Would Reveal His Will To Others, On A Point So Connected With My Duty, It Might Be Supposed He Would Reveal It Directly To Me

Human Action Can Be Modified To Some Extent, But Human Nature Can Not Be Changed

[uniting Workers Should Not] Lead To A War Upon Property, Or The Owners Of Property.

Labor Is The Great Source From Which Nearly All, If Not All, Human Comforts And Necessities Are Drawn.