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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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...

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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...

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,...

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

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

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

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...

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

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

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who...

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who...

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward...

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward...