“America... goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all.”

“Posterity -- you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.”

“Posterity: you will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it.”

“To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so, is something worse.”

“In charity to all mankind, bearing no malice or ill will to any human being, and even compassionating those who hold in bondage their fellow men, not knowing what they do.”

“Thus situated, the perilous experiment must be made. Let me make it with full deliberations, and be prepared for the consequences.”

“Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.”