Let there be no compromise on the question of extending slavery. If there be, all our labor is lost, and, ere long, must be done again.
Anxiety beclouds the future.
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.