To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization.
Abraham LincolnI see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country.
Abraham LincolnThe fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.
Abraham LincolnThe money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes.
Abraham Lincoln