"There is a wrong impression about one of the candidates. There is no such person running as James Buchanan. He is dea…"

"It has been suggested that the President intentionally left those forts in a defenseless condition, that South Caroli…"

"Gentlemen on this floor and in the Senate, had repeatedly, during this discussion, asserted that slavery was a moral,…"

"You must be a bastard for I knew your mother's husband and he was a gentleman and honest man."

"I never thought of it that way, but it does relieve God Almighty of a heavy responsibility."

"I wished that I were the owner of every southern slave, that I might cast off the shackles from their limbs, and witn…"

"I can never acknowledge the right of slavery. I will bow down to no deity however worshipped by professing Christians…"

"There can be no fanatics in the cause of genuine liberty. Fanaticism is excessive zeal. There may be, and have been f…"

"It is my purpose nowhere in these remarks to make personal reproaches; I entertain no ill-will toward any human being…"

"John Brown deserves to be hung for being a hopeless fool! He attempted to capture Virginia with seventeen men when he…"