If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced. If I had been allowed my way this war would have been ended before this.
Abraham LincolnPublic sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
Abraham LincolnI am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth. Whether I shall ever be better, I cannot tell; I awfully forebode I shall not. To remain as I am is impossible. I must die or be better, it appears to me.
Abraham Lincoln