Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money..

And upon this act [Emancipation Proclamation]...I invoke...the gracious favor of Almighty God..

We must settle this question now -- whether in a free government the minority have the right to break it up whenever they choose. If we fail, it will….

The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insole….

God bless the Methodist Church - bless all the churches - and blessed be God, Who, in this our great trial, giveth us the churches..

When arguing with a fool, make sure the opponent isn't doing the exact same thing..

The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty..

Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid..

I couldn't be two faced. If I had two faces, I wouldn't wear this one..

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

Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency..

Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have t….

As to your kind wishes for myself, allow me to say I can not enter the ring on the money basis--first, because, in the main, it iswrong; and secondly….

I do not allow myself to suppose that either the convention or the League, have concluded to decide that I am either the greatest or the best man in ….

Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now an open question. Three-fou….

I am busily engaged in study of the Bible..

My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery..

I say now, however, as I have all the while said, that on the territorial question - that is, the question of extending slavery under the national au….

Public opinion in this country is everything..

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declar….

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he ….