In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free..

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me..

Abraham Lincoln was asked by an aide about the church service he had attended. Lincoln responded that the minister was inspired, interesting, well-pr….

You cannot help small men by tearing down big men..

It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going..

As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes..

The land, the earth God gave to man for his home ... should never be the possession of any man, corporation, (or) society ... any more than the air o….

Why don't I drink from a straw? Because straws are for suckers..

In the early days of the world, the Almighty said to the first of our race "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread"; and since then, if we exc….

I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace..

Much is being said about peace; and no man desires peace more ardently than I. Still I am yet unprepared to give up the Union fora peace which, so ac….

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them..

I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion. Leaving the high….

The available supply of gold and silver being wholly inadequate to permit the issuance of coins of intrinsic value or paper currency convertible into….

Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest..

I can only say that I have acted upon my best convictions, without selfishness or malice, and that by the help of God I shall continue to do so..

Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away..

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business..

The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity..

Your rights end where my nose begins..