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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You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpents eye, that charms to...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpents eye, that charms to...

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me...

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me...

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...

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

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...

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am...

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character,...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character,...

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,...

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,...

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

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

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

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...

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...

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without...

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without...

Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion.

Don't hold grudges; it's pointless. Jealousy too is a non-cathartic, negative emotion.

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive