Let all Americans - let all lovers of liberty everywhere - join in the great and good work. If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union; but we shall have so saved it, as to make, and to keep it, forever worthy of the saving.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.

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.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

God is the silent partner in ALL great enterprises.