"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly the s…"

"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."

"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—b…"

"What I would most desire would be the separation of the white and black races."

"I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me."