The founders of the Republic dealt with things as they were presented to them, in a spirit of self sacrificing Patriotism and as time has proved, with a comprehensive wisdom which it will always be safe for us to consult.

It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation’s humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

I find the remark, “Tis distance lends enchantment to the view” is no less true of the political than of the natural world.

It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled upon our fathers may enable their children to preserve the blessings they have inherited.

I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war.

There is nothing left to do but get drunk.

But let not the foundation of our hope rest upon man's wisdom. It will not be sufficient that sectional prejudices find no place in the public deliberations. It will not be sufficient that the rash counsels of human passion are rejected. It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence.

While men inhabiting different parts of this vast continent cannot be expected to hold the same opinions, they can untie in a common objective and sustain common principles.

If your past is limited, your future is boundless.