I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.

Sir, My concern is not weather God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

Those who would deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.

My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

It's got to be the ballot or the bullet. The ballot or the bullet. If you're afraid to use an expression like that, you should get back in the cotton patch, you should get back in the alley.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making them illegal again is going to solve the problem.

My concern is that we live in an economy in which stabbing someone and waiting for them to complain before we remove the knife has become the normal way of doing business. When did we lose sight of the fact that it's not nice to stab people in the first place?

They - you know, when we walked in - when I walked in with the two white men that had carried me down - and they cursed me all the way down. They would ask me questions, and when I would try to answer, they would tell me to hush.