It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.

Behind the cloud the sun is still shining.

By all means, don't say, "if I can," say "I will."

But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or to detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.

It is not our frowning battlements...or the strength our gallant and disciplined army? These are not our reliance against a resumption of tyranny in our fair land... Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.

I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.