A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.

My father, at the death of his father, was but six years of age; and he grew up, literally without education.

The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

It's bad. It's damned bad.

Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

Oh, that [his Thanksgiving Message] is some of Seward's nonsense, and it pleases the fools.

I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.