I am amazed at the facility with which some men follow in the wake of slavery.

Sir, I am no sycophant or worshipper of power anywhere.

Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me to contravene the doctrine.

I may fall here in the Senate chamber, but I will. never make any compromise with any such men.

I am not unconscious of the persuasive power exerted by these considerations to drag men along in the current; but I am not at liberty to travel that road.

I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate.

As a Senator I am opposed to duelling. As Ben. Wade, I recognize the code.

The humiliation of the North is complete and overwhelming.

My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.

Grace is not just enough, it is more than enough. 2 Peter 1:2

I would never forbid you. I can’t forbid you. It’s not in my power to, and it never should be.

I was born at a very early age. As I grew up, I got older... So far though, this is the oldest I've ever been.

I think sometimes an artist can really lose sight of what made them popular in the first place.

The prerequisite for making love is to like someone enormously.

We must have our freedom now. We must have the right to vote. We must have equal protection of the law.

Now Spring returns; but not to me returns.

The MPs are not adopting villages; it's the villages that are adopting the MPs.

I always loved writing as a tool of expression.