It is a discredit to be dishonest, just as it is a discredit to be a coward.
We of to-day, in dealing with all our fellow-citizens, white or colored, North or South, should strive to show just the qualities that Linco...
But he felt only love, a love as deep as the tenderness of his great and sad heart, for all his country men alike in the North and in the So...
To speak discourteously, insultingly, does not do them any harm; it may irritate them, and therefore, it may do us some harm.
Human nature will not change.
Surely this is the spirit which all Americans should show now, when there is so little excuse for malice or rancor or hatred, when there is ...
For my own part, I have striven and shall strive to avoid placing any obstacle in the way.
So long as I have been here I have not willingly planted a thorn in any man's bosom.
It is not a matter of credit to be honest, any more than it is a matter of credit to a soldier to be brave.
In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak and as strong, as silly and as wise, as bad and as ...
May I ask those who have not differed with me to join with me in this same spirit toward those who have?
Besides acting squarely, talk politely.
The great interest which our people feel in the story of Paul Jones's life, the national sense of gratitude for the great service done by hi...
Lincoln, himself a man of Southern birth, did not hesitate to appeal to the sword when he became satisfied that in no other way could the Un...
In addition to the foregoing recommendation I urge that Congress emphasize the value set by our people upon the achievements of the naval co...
It is eminently fitting that these services should now be commemorated in suitable manner.
It is the mark, or it should be the mark, of a strong, self-respecting nation never wantonly to injure the feelings or to infringe upon the ...
While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election, and duly grateful, as I trust, to Almighty God for having directed my co...
