Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage...

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage...

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me...

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, Truth...

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, Truth...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy,...

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy,...

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to...

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to...

Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood

Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax...

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...

If you seek Hamilton's monument, look around. You are living in it. We honor Jefferson,...