And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizen of the several States. We should bear this in mind, and act in such a way as to say nothing insulting or irritating. I would inculcate this idea, so that we may not, like Pharisees, set ourselves up to be better than other people.

My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.

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

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

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.