tolerance Quotes

That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.

If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted.

To the best of my judgment, I have labored for, and not against, the Union. As I have not felt, so I have not expressed any harsh sentiment towards our Southern brethren. I have constantly declared, as I really believed, the only difference between them and us is the difference of circumstances.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.

Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

Everyone should be respected as an individual, but no one idolized.

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.