In the due exercise of your official power, in strictest accordance with law and the constitution — Robert Dale Owen
And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire — Robert Dale Owen
After voluntary exertions on the part of our people to which the history of the world furnishes no parallel — Robert Dale Owen
Boldness and decision command, often even in evil, the respect and concurrence of mankind. — Robert Dale Owen
Can you look forward to the future of our country and imagine any state of things in which — Robert Dale Owen
Fulfill – you can far more than fulfill – the brightest anticipations of those who, in the name — Robert Dale Owen
In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation may hang — Robert Dale Owen
It has always been a great wrong that these men and their families should be held in bondage. — Robert Dale Owen
It is within your power at this very moment not only to consumate an act of enlightened statesmanship — Robert Dale Owen
Men acquiesce in a thousand things, once righteously and boldly done, to which, if proposed to them — Robert Dale Owen
Men ever follow willingly a daring leader: most willingly of all, in great emergencies. — Robert Dale Owen
Of the unjust rights which in virtue of this ceremony an iniquitous law gives me over the person and — Robert Dale Owen
Property that endangers the safety of a nation should not be suffered to remain in the hands of its citizens. — Robert Dale Owen
The dangers which threaten us are twofold: first, from the confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest — Robert Dale Owen
The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government that has the power — Robert Dale Owen
There is a measure needing courage to adopt and enforce it, which I believe to be of virtue — Robert Dale Owen
They feel assured, as to yourself, that if the option remain with you, it is but a question — Robert Dale Owen
Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage — Robert Dale Owen
How few, since the foundation of the world, have found themselves in a position environed with — Robert Dale Owen
If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great — Robert Dale Owen