If 600,000 people have to die in order for the nation to live, then 600,000 people will die.
Abraham LincolnAlways let your subordinates know that the honor will be all theirs if they succeed and the blame will be yours if they fail.
Abraham LincolnUpon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.
Abraham LincolnFew can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity; and none will do it enthusiastically. Posterity has done nothing for us; and theorize on it as we may, practically we shall do very little for it, unless we are made to think we are at the same time doing something for ourselves.
Abraham Lincoln