Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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

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

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

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......

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be...

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

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

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

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

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

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

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord...

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord...

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...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

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

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

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their...

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their...

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,...

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and...

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and...