Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended.
And upon this act [Emancipation Proclamation]. . . I invoke. . . the gracious favor of Almighty God.
It is to deny, what the history of the world tells us is true, to suppose that men of ambition and talents will not continue to spring up amongst us. And, when they do, they will as naturally seek the gratification of their ruling passion, as others have so done before them.
You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Cling to liberty and right; battle fro them; leed for them; die for them, if need be; and have confidence in God.
Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.
Reduce the supply of black labor by colonizing the black laborer out of the country, and by precisely so much you increase the demand for and wages of white labor.
We can be of little service to our fellows until we become disillusioned without being embittered.
. . . the way we view death determines, to a surprising degree, the way we live our lives.
The truth is that I oppose the Iraq war, just as I opposed the Vietnam War, because these two conflicts have weakened the U. S. and diminished our standing in the world and our national security.
To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.