I have nothing to do with opinions. I deal only with armed rebellion and its aiders and abettors.

The people who had been in rebellion must necessarily come back into the Union, and be incorporated as an integral part of the nation. Naturally the nearer they were placed to equality with the people who had rebelled, the more reconciled they would

I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.

I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly