A little group of willful men reflecting no opinion but their own have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its elasticity lies its chief greatness.
America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness is built upon our freedom - is moral, not material. We have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.
A man is not as big as his belief in himself; he is as big as the number of persons who believe in him.
I must beg you to indulge me in the matter of hyphens.... You will find that I have marked out a great many in the proofs. We arein danger of Germanizing our printing by using them so much, and I have a very decided preference in the matter.
Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
This is a war to end all wars.