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

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

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...

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

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...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end......

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end......

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me...

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of...

The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their...

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their...

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other...

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other...

In war, truth is the first casualty.

In war, truth is the first casualty.