“I believe that there are no innate, intrinsic differences among a human being , a baboon or a grain of sand.”

“Even a dog distinguishes between being stumbled over and being kicked.”

“We believed that it was most desirable that the North should win, we believed in the principle that the Union is indissoluable, we, or many of us at least, also believed that the conflict was inevitable, and that slavery had lasted long enough. But we equally believed that those who stood against us held just as sacred conviction that were the opposite of ours, and we respected them as every men with a heart must respect those who give all for their belief.”

“I think that, as life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time at peril of being judged not to have lived.”

“Even a dog knows the difference between being kicked and being stumbled over.”

“Every idea is an incitement. It offers itself for belief and if believed it is acted on unless some other belief outweighs it or some failure of energy stifles the movement at birth. Eloquence may set fire to reason.”

“Trouble makes us one with every human being in the world - and unless we touch others, we're out of touch with life.”