"No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar."

"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day."

"I am not a Know-Nothing. That is certain. How could I be? How can anyone who abhors the oppression of negroes, be in favor of degrading classes of white people? Our progress in degeneracy appears to m…"

"I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me."

"I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet, but the Lord hath sent me unto thee."