“To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.”

Roll, years of promise, rapidly roll round, till not a slave shall on this earth be found.

Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.

Virtue is not always amiable.

No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life.

We understand now, we’ve been made to understand, and to embrace the understanding that who we are is who we were.

If the fundamental principles in the Declaration of Independence, as self-evident truths, are real truths, the existence of slavery, in any form, is a wrong.

A politician in this country must be the man of a party. I would fain be the man of my whole country.

Go on and improve in everything worthy.

To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.

In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do.

Try and fail, but don’t fail to try.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak, and that it is doing God’s service when it is violating all His laws.

If conscience disapproves, the loudest applauses of the world are of little value.

Posterity – you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.

My toast would be, may our country always be successful, but whether successful or otherwise, always right.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

Not one person can make or break what I’m doing, except me or God.

Only the actions of a person speak about his personality and attitude towards you, do not believe the words, just observe and you will see the truth.

Be your own biggest fan, your own biggest believer, and put it on your back and carry the weight.

When I stopped believing in love, the universe sent you to remind me that love, true love, does exist, even for me.

I’m a blessing to whoever gets to really know me.

I don’t believe in conspiracy theories. I’m just a cold-blooded investigator.

Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.