Occupation: 16th U.S. President Birth: February 12, 1809 Death: April 15, 1865
I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do ….
Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye, is the great invention of the world..
But I must add that the U.S. government must not, as by this order, undertake to run the churches. When an individual, in a church or out of it, beco….
Do I not damage my enemies after i make them my close friends?.
As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and Laws, let every Ameri….
When you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance..
I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent the Divine will. .….
confused and Stunned, like a duck hit on the head..
A universal feeling, whether well or ill founded, cannot be safely disregarded..
In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentim….
Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that a….
When met with a problem I always ask myself what is the right thing to do and then I do it..
I want in all cases to do right..
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves..
The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had alway….
Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his heart is in his work; and he will do t….
Again, a law may be both constitutional and expedient, and yet may be administered in an unjust and unfair way..
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves..
To say a sheep has 5 legs doesn't make it so..
A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... the fate of humanity is in his hands..
I have seen your despatch expressing your unwillingness to break your hold where you are. Neither am I willing. Hold on with a bull-dog gripe, and ch….