In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free.
You are green, it is true; but they are green also. You are all green alike.
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.
If I have one vice and I can call it nothing else it is not able to say 'no'.
A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground.