Occupation: 16th U.S. President Birth: February 12, 1809 Death: April 15, 1865
I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your tru….
...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world; but I do think….
Anybody will do for you, but not for me..
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right..
My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it..
Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar..
I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being..
No man is poor who has a Godly mother..
Without the Constitution and the Union, we could not have attained the result; but even these, are not the primary cause of our great prosperity. The….
I intend no modification of my oft-expressed wish that all men everywhere could be free..
My friends I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that which rested upon Washington. Withou….
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man..
Don't pray that God's on our side, pray that we're on his side..
I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail, if you resolutely determine….
The health you enjoy is largely your choice.
In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by them, as well as congress is. B….
That we we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and tha….
It is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters who choose to vote, that constitute political power..
Well, I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals..
We must work earnestly in the best light He gives us..
My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, lau….