A house divided against itself cannot stand.
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country’s cause.
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it’s best to let him run.
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.
Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
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.
Everybody likes a compliment.
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.