There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

A land without memories is a people without liberty.

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

You could just tell when a person belonged somewhere. That is something you can't fake, no matter how hard you try

I believe a marriage is between a man and a woman.

The New Testament has had a really powerful effect on how I write and how I live my life.

Fortunately in my work there's always a choice: I can choose to do it willingly or unwillingly.

I've never met a very memorable cobbler.

Life is about the gray areas. Things are seldom black and white, even when we wish they were and think they should be, and I like exploring this nuanced terrain.

Senator Obama's support among hardworking Americans - white Americans - is weakening.

It is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire and which will make us more like our Father and Mother in heaven.

Cathedrals, luxury liners laden with souls, Holding to the east their hulls of stone.

They are the only honest hypocrites, their life is a voluntary dream, a studied madness.