There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration.

Every head should be cultivated.

Never let your correspondence fall behind.

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few virtues.

If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.

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.

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.