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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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

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...

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man...

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man...

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...

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each...

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each...

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...

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

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...

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep...

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep...

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

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

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is...

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is...

You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You...

You can't undo anything you've already done, but you can face up to it. You...

Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.

Faith activates God - Fear activates the Enemy.

The Lord blesses you and keeps you; the Lord makes His face shines upon you...

The Lord blesses you and keeps you; the Lord makes His face shines upon you...