And upon this act [Emancipation Proclamation]...I invoke...the gracious favor of Almighty God.
It is the man who does not want to express an opinion whose opinion I want.
The political horizon looks dark and lowering; but the people, under Providence, will set all right.
Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.
Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office.
When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.