Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination.

Be excellent and party on dudes.

I believe this Government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.

I am in favor of a national bank...in favor of the internal improvements system and a high protective tariff.

I am not concerned that you have fallen -- I am concerned that you arise.

I believe the Bible is the best gift God ever gave to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through that book." On a personal spiritual note, Lincoln confessed, "I have been driven many times to my knees with the overwhelming conviction, that I had nowhere else to go.

It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.