The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful..

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office..

I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far as it in no way interferes….

I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe..

There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes..

What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?.

But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on..

The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous..

Without Divine assistance I can not succeed; with it I can not fail..

When I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three.... The little advanceI now have upon thi….

We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it never will until that ti….

Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there wa….

The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help ….

Slavery is wrong. If Slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and Constitutions against it, are themselves wrong, and should be silenced, and swept a….

Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government..

I wish all men to be free. I wish the material prosperity of the already free which I feel sure the extinction of slavery would bring..

Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents..

The damnest scoundrel that ever lived, but in the infinite mercy of Providence... also the damnest fool..

As the problems are new, we must disenthrall ourselves from the past..

I desire to see the time when education, and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry shall become much more general than at present..

I ... ran for Legislature [in 1832] ... and was beaten-the only time I have been beaten by the people..