I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end, when I come to lay down the reins of power, I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend…

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Friendship Quotes, Love Quotes

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property...

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property...

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the...

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain...

The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain...

Only a brave person is willing to honestly admit, and fearlessly to face, what a...

Only a brave person is willing to honestly admit, and fearlessly to face, what a...

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...

We can never judge the lives of others, because each person knows only their own...