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A capacity and taste for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity.

What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

I am for . . . each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

Do you think we choose the times into which we are born? Or do we fit the times we are born into?

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration.

The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

Why don't you laugh? If I did not laugh I should die, and you need this medicine as much as I do.

Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.

Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard, not half of them get there.

No policy that does not rest upon some philosophical public opinion can be permanently maintained.

A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

Without the assistance of that Divine Being...I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.

I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.

I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.

I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.

Offering thanks in the midst of tragedy is an American tradition, . even during a bloody Civil War.

The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not 'can any of us imagine better?, but 'can we all do better?

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 political horizon looks dark and lowering; but the people, under Providence, will set all right.

The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it.

Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.

When you have got a ticket to send, and you're not a top costumer, it's best not to waste your time.

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.

Labor is the great source from which nearly all, if not all, human comforts and necessities are drawn.

I ... ran for Legislature [in 1832] ... and was beaten-the only time I have been beaten by the people.

I could as easily bail out the Potomac River with a teaspoon as attend to all the details of the army.

Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.

As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.

That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.

The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.

In order to win a man to your cause, you must first reach his heart, the great high road to his reason.

In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.

Great distance in either time or space has wonderful power to lull and render quiescent the human mind.

I was elected a Captain of Volunteers--a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.

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