No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

Nothing from man’s hands, nor law, nor constitution, can be final. Truth alone is final.

The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.

Nothing from man's hands, no law, nor constitution, can be final. Truth alone is final.

Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.

War crushes with bloody heel all justice, all happiness, all that is Godlike in man. In our age there can be no peace that is not honorable; there can be no war that is not dishonorable.

The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.

The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.

Without knowledge there can be no sure progress. Vice and barbarism are the inseparable companions of ignorance. Nor is it too much to say that, except in rare instances, the highest virtue is attained only through intelligence.

If a man has done evil in his life, he must not be complimented in marble.