"The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves."

"I shall try to do my duty, and I shall try to do it conscientiously."

"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I wou…"

"It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him."

"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."