Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to
do our duty as we understand it.
Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.
I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.
The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me.
We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.
Free labor has the inspiration of hope; pure slavery has no hope.
I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.
If any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly, those who desire it for others...
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.