I can’t imagine anyone voting against establishing a commission on the greatest assault since the Civil War on the Capitol. But at any rate, I came for ice cream.

I have always hated slavery, I think as much as any Abolitionist.

Any attempt by one wing of Ukraine to dominate the other — as has been the pattern — would lead eventually to civil war or breakup.

Americans love to fight, traditionally. All real Americans love the sting and clash of battle.

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

It is said slavery is all we are fighting for, and if we give it up we give up all. Even if this were true, which we deny, slavery is not all our enemies are fighting for. It is merely the pretense to establish sectional superiority and a more centralized form of government, and to deprive us of our rights and liberties.