"The consideration that human happiness and the preservation of our republican institutions are so essentially linked together, that there is no room for doubt or hesitation."

"I am glad to hear that my old acquaintance Colonel Ward is yet under the influence of vigorous passions. I will not ascribe the intrepidity of his late enterprise to a mere flash of desires, because i…"

"Influence is not government."

"Ah, Lee, you are a funny fellow, see, that bird is laughing at you."

"My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth, and the Son of Righteousness in triumph amongst all nations."