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

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

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

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

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

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

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...

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......

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...

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No,...

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No,...

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...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly...

In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

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

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

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.

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I...

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I...

I really don't know what I'm doing... I don't. It's terrible. I go in there...

I really don't know what I'm doing... I don't. It's terrible. I go in there...

There are things we can do to give us a little more attention... I've got...

There are things we can do to give us a little more attention... I've got...