Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.

Let's create a legal system that can work.

The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous.

Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we, as a people, can be engaged in.

I couldn't swear that I believed in the law - or in the American legal system.