"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act ane…"

"The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day."

"If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it."

"Negroes have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but not a right to social and political equality with whites."

"Public opinion, though often an erring, is generally an irresistible power."