"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."

"I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement, I am more than satisfied."

"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act ane…"

"No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent."

"If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?"