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.

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life...

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life...

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,...

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...

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe...

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

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

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

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

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

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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...

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

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

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

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

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

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...

The price of greatness is responsibility.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind,...

You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind,...