Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.

My concern is not whether God is on our side; my great concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

This is a world of compensation; and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.