I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.

Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.

I can make brigadier generals, but i can't make horses.

Congressmen who willfully take action during wartime that damages morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hung

That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now, is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed, and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all, to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.

I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it

If you love something, set it free.