Search by Year 1832 1836 1837 1838 1839 1841 1842 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 Search by Topic Love Inspirational Freedom Politics Humor Leadership Economy Family America Famous Law Religion Tragedy Slavery Morality History Learning About Dred Scott Civil War There are currently 559 quotes in our database. Date Quote Topics Share 06/23/1859 If the [Democrats] shall be beaten in 1860, it has to be done by the North; no human invention can deprive them of the South. Topics: Politics 07/28/1859 No party can command respect which sustains this year, what it opposed last. Topics: Politics 09/17/1859 I have found that when one is embarrassed, usually the shortest way to get through with it is to quit talking or thinking about it, and go at something else. Topics: Inspirational 09/17/1859 I hold if the Almighty had ever made a set of men that should do all the eating and none of the work, he would have made them with mouths only and no hands. Topics: Slavery 09/17/1859 The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful. Topics: Inspirational 09/17/1859 Twenty-five years ago, I was a hired laborer. The hired laborer of yesterday, labors on his own account today; and will hire others to labor for him tomorrow. Advancement – improvement in conditions – is the order of things in a society of equals. Topics: Inspirational 09/17/1859 Free labor has the inspiration of hope; pure slavery has no hope. Topics: Slavery, Inspirational 09/30/1859 I know nothing so pleasant to the mind, as the discovery of anything which is at once new and valuable – nothing which so lightens and sweetens the toil, as the hopeful pursuit of such discovery. Topics: Learning 09/30/1859 A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. Topics: Learning 09/30/1859 It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones [problems]. Topics: Learning 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556