If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed...
Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.
The best way to predict your future is to create it.
I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.
I'm a success today because i had a friend who believed in me and i didn't have the heart to let him down.
As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion.
Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
