The Power Of Hope Upon Human Exertion,

If I Could Save The Union Without Freeing Any Slave, I Would Do It.

Nothing Will Divert Me From My Purpose.

The Only Assurance Of Our Nation's Safety Is To Lay Our Foundation In Morality And Religion.

I Hold The Value Of Life Is To Improve One's Condition. Whatever Is Calculated To Advance The Condition Of The Honest, Struggling Laboring Man, So Far As My Judgment Will Enable Me To Judge Of A Correct Thing, I Am For That Thing.

For It Has Been Said, All That A Man Hath Will He Give For His Life; And While All Contribute Of Their Substance The Soldier Puts His Life At Stake, And Often Yields It Up In His Country's Cause. The Highest Merit, Then Is Due To The Soldier.