The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
Abraham LincolnA man has not the time to spend half his life in quarrels. If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him.
Abraham LincolnMust I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of the wily agitator who induces him to desert? I think that in such a cse to silence the agitator and save the boy is not only constitutional but withal a great mercy.
Abraham LincolnAt what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
Abraham Lincoln