A resignation is a grave act; never performed by a right minded man without forethought or with reserve.

And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.

The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by any interior law which asserts that man is property.

I never refused my help to any person black or white; and I liked the office nonetheless because there were neither fees nor salary connected with it.

The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.

What can be indissoluble if a perpetual Union, made more perfect, is not?