As much as I value an union of all the states I would not admit the southern states into the union unless they agreed to the discontinuance of this disgraceful trade because it would bring weakness and not strength to the union.
Every society all government and every kind of civil compact therefore is...
I have prayed to God that he give me the strength to survive each day and to...
My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.
