The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

By the Law of Slavery, man, created in the image of God, is divested of the human character, and declared to be a mere chattel.

If a man has done evil in his life, he must not be complimented in marble.

Nothing from man's hands, nor law, nor constitution, can be final. Truth alone is final.

The true greatness of nations is in those qualities which constitute the greatness of the individual.

War crushes with bloody heel all justice, all happiness, all that is Godlike in man. In our age there can be no peace that is not honorable; there can be no war that is not dishonorable.

Give me the centralism of liberty; give me the imperialism of equal rights.

The age of Chivalry is gone. An age of Humanity has come.

No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

A nation cannot afford to do a mean thing.

Every time I opened my mouth, flame licked up my throat. I could have razed vil­lages, kid­napped princesses.

Misfortunes come to all men.

Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.

The egotistical ambition to always want to earn more money harms both the company and the individual himself. That is the biggest weakness of many managers - the financial crisis has proven this.

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

Improv is what helped me overcome the anxiety that I was feeling sometimes. It's the thing that pushes me to be present, and to keep moving through all of the what-ifs that go through my mind.

I was 15, and the years of hard swimming had packed muscle on my frame and made me very strong. Not as strong as a football player, but strong enough to inflict heavy damage.

I was born where there were no enclosures.

Im Southern, so alligator tail is pretty interesting and yummy.

I think that we need to make it our goal to define freedom for ourselves.