in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.
Abraham Lincoln...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 that it is charged with the duty of preventing and redressing all wrongs which are wrongs to itself.
Abraham LincolnMen are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.
Abraham Lincoln