"Do we not all know that the cause of our casualties is the vicious intermeddling of too many of the citizens of the N…"

"The storm of frenzy and faction must inevitably dash itself in vain against the unshaken rock of the Constitution. I …"

"I do not believe that our friends at the South have any just idea of the state of feeling, hurrying at this moment to…"

"I never justify, sustain, or in any way or to any extent uphold this cruel, heartless, aimless unnecessary war."

"I speak of the war as fruitless; for it is clear that, prosecuted upon the basis of the proclamations of September 22…"

"The real casualty of the Compromise of 1850 was the Whig Party, which would never again occupy the White House, altho…"

"I am firmly convinced that the conduct of the Irish in America has been strongly influential in winning for those at …"

"Our Nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal."

"I do not care what other nations might do or may have done. I do not take advice from them. The higher mission of our…"

"The extraordinary measure of self-government granted to the colonists by the charter fostered in them a spirit of loy…"