Liquor may have its defenders, but it has no defense.
I always remember the prayers of my mother as they always forever.
I am for the people of the whole nation doing just as they please in all matters which concern the whole nation; for that of each part doing just as they choose in all matters which concern no other part; and for each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.
If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.
We cannot but believe that He who made the world still governs it.
You know you’ve reached middle age when all you exercise is caution.
When met with a problem I always ask myself what is the right thing to do and then I do it.
Your rights end where my nose begins.
Cling to liberty and right; battle fro them; leed for them; die for them, if need be; and have confidence in God.
In all that people can do for themselves, government ought not to interfere.
When you have got a ticket to send, and you’re not a top costumer, it’s best not to waste your time.
To say a sheep has 5 legs doesn’t make it so.
No man has a right to judge Andrew Johnson in any respect who has not suffered as much and done as much as he for the Nation’s sake.
When I lay down the reins of this administration, I want to have one friend left. And that friend is myself.
Committee: A group which succeeds in getting something done only when it consists of three members, one of whom happens to be sick and another absent.
I will learn, the opportunity will come.
By all means, don’t say, “if I can,” say “I will.”
Labor is superior to capital and precedes capital. Without labor, there is no capital.
If you have never failed you have never lived.
If you understand what you’re doing, you’re not learning anything.