Why don't you laugh? If I did not laugh I should die, and you need this medicine as much as I do.
Abraham LincolnSurely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.
Abraham LincolnFondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
Abraham LincolnRelying, as I do, upon the Almighty Power, and encouraged as I am by these resolutions which you have just read, with the support which I receive from Christian men, I shall not hesitate to use all the means at my control to secure the termination of this rebellion, and will hope for success.
Abraham Lincoln