Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object

Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity.

I intend no modification of my oft-expressed wish that all men everywhere could be free.

The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peace whose joyous expression can not be restrained. In the midst of this, however, He, from Whom all blessings flow, must not be forgotten. A call for a national thanksgiving is being prepared, and will be duly promulgated.

This human struggle and scramble for office, for a way to live without work, will finally test the strength of our institutions.

You can’t make a weak man strong by making a strong man weak

If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything.