I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.
Abraham LincolnI am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.
Abraham LincolnThe political horizon looks dark and lowering; but the people, under Providence, will set all right.
Abraham LincolnThe prudent, penniless beginner in the world, labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land, for himself; then labors on his own account another while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. This, say its advocates, is free labor-the just and generous, and prosperous system, which opens the way for all-gives hope to all, and energy, and progress, and improvement of condition to all.
Abraham Lincoln