I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

You can please some of the people some of the time, all of the people some of the time, some of the people all of the time, but you can never please all of the people all of the time.

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.

What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent. I say this is the leading principle - the sheet anchor of American republicanism.

We seek not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow those who would prevert it.

You know you've reached middle age when all you exercise is caution