"I have been as good a Whig as there was in the country. I have been a Whig ever since I was a boy, but I am no longer a Whig."

"I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement, I am more than satisfied."

"My early life, and indeed the whole of my life, has been one of toil and hardship."

"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterward."

"Negroes have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but not a right to social and political equality with whites."