Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.
The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man
Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.
From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.
By the Law of Slavery, man, created in the image of God, is divested of the human character, and declared to be a mere chattel.
The slave power dares anything, and it can be conquered only by the united masses of the people. From Congress to the people, I appeal.
The Senator from South Carolina has read many books of chivalry, and believes himself a chivalrous knight, with sentiments of honor and courage. Of course he has chosen a mistress to whom he has made his vows, and who, though ugly to others, is always lovely to him; though polluted in the sight of the world, is chaste in his sight I mean the harlot, Slavery. For her, his tongue is always profuse in words.
No one who has come to true greatness has not felt in some degree that his life belongs to the people, and what God has given them he gives it for mankind.
One of the things that makes a dead leaf fall to the ground is the bud of the new leaf that pushes it off the limb.
I would hate for climate change to be accepted simply because everyone was dying.
Why is anything intrinsically so valueless so obviously desirable?