Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me.

Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in the crowd asked how he liked it, and his reply was that if it wasn't for the honor of the thing, he would much rather walk.

If I have one vice and I can call it nothing else it is not able to say 'no'.

As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes.

In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party.