Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.

Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.

A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground.

Of our political revolution of '76, we all are justly proud. It has given us a degree of political freedom, far exceeding that of any other nation of the earth. In it the world has found a solution of the long mooted problem, as to the capability of man to govern himself. In it was the germ which has vegetated, and still is to grow and expand into the universal liberty of mankind.

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

I told myself, "Lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." So I left my situation in Springfield, went home to my father's house, and stayed there till I could give any proposition in the six books of Euclid at sight. I then found out what "demonstrate" means, and went back to my law studies.