Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time..

It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for w….

The Lord spared the fitten and the rest he seen fitten to die..

Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict….

War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible..

The Almighty has His own purposes..

Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue..

I have got you together to hear what I have written down. I do not wish your advice about the main matterfor that I have determined for myself..

Every man has a right to be equal with every other man..

If there is a worse place than Hell, I am in it..

I hope it will not be irreverent in me to say, that if it be probable that God would reveal his will to others, on a point so connected with my duty,….

My God! My God! What will the country say?.

You can always lie to others and hide your actions from them... but you can not fool yourself.

If it were not for my firm belief in an overruling Providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of such complications of affairs, to keep m….

It is bad to be poor. I shall go to the wall for bread and meat, if I neglect my business this year as well as last..

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong..

And you are entirely free from head-ache? That is good -- good -- considering it is the first spring you have been free from it since we were acquain….

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

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions..

I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of..

Rules of living Don't worry, eat three square meals a day,say your prayers, be courteous to your creditors, keep your digestion good,steer clear of b….