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..

Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica..

One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to be extended..

What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent. I say this is the leading principle - the sheet anc….

Lincoln called laughter "the joyous, beautiful, universal evergreen of life.".

The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of property. Republicans, on t….

I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; an….

There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the trouble….

It's not me who can't keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't..

I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man desires for himself..

I am much indebted to the good Christian people of the country for their constant prayers and consolations; and to no one of them, more than to yours….

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice..

A man watches his pear-tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process, and he may spoil both fruit….

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that….

God must love the common man, he made so many of them..

But the proclamation, as law, either is valid, or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction. If it is valid, it can not be retracted, ….

The ant, who has toiled and dragged a crumb to his nest, will furiously defend the fruit of his labor, against whatever robber assails him. So plain,….

He who does something at the head of one Regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred..

Government should stand behind its currency and credit and the bank deposits of the nation. No individual should suffer a loss of money through depre….