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

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

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

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 destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his...

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

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

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

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms,...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms,...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

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......

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

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...

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...

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...

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a...

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a...

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped...

The ideas I stand for are not mine. I borrowed them from Socrates. I swiped...

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals -...

Life's up and downs provide windows of opportunity to determine your values and goals -...

Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger...

Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger...