I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The one thing I will never do is become pigeonholed.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like.

I understand a ship to be made for the carrying and preservation of the cargo, and so long as the ship can be saved, with the cargo, it should never be abandoned. This Union likewise should never be abandoned unless it fails and the possibility of its preservation shall cease to exist, without throwing passengers and cargo overboard.