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….

Surely He intends some great good to follow this mighty convulsion which no mortal could make, and no mortal could stay..

If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool..

I am not an accomplished lawyer..

If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced. If I had been allowed my way this war would have been ended before this..

And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and ….

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that o….

God bless the soldiers and seamen, with all their brave commanders..

Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward..

We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in num….

Dear Sir: Yours of the 24th. asking 'the best mode of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the law' is received. The mode is very simple, though laborio….

A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor..

I think that one of the causes of these repeated failures is that our best and greatest men have greatly underestimated the size of this question (sl….

I am for . . . each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else..

If at any time all labour should cease, and all existing provisions be equally divided among the people, at the end of a single year there could scar….

Now, at the end of three years struggle the nation's condition is not what either party, or any man devised, or expected. God alone can claim it..

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read..

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships..

Let there be no compromise on the question of extending slavery. If there be, all our labor is lost, and, ere long, must be done again..

Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men a….