It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while I remain President that if at the end I have lost every other Friend on earth I shall at least have one friend remaining and…

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any...

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any...

God must love the common man, he made so many of them.

God must love the common man, he made so many of them.

It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the...

It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the...

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

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

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

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

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...

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a...

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms,...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms,...

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

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

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

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is...

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is...

We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military...

We owe our troops the opportunity to serve in the best-planned, best-equipped, and best-led military...