The more one studies the problems of life and of civilization the more one realizes the infinitely greater importance of...
Self-help and individual initiative remain to a peculiar degree typical of life in the country, life on a farm, in the l...
An equal meed of praise belongs to those men who prepared in advance.
We ought to say it as a reminder to us that we are not to be excused if in the future we do any less well than has been ...
You believe practically that each man must work out his fate for himself.
We do not need too many laws, too much legislation.
If he won't try to walk himself he is not worth carrying.
You preserved for us a united country and showed the world that it was ever to be united.
Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether, in the long run, it works more damage than softness...
No nation can face greatness without having to face trial.
The true line of cleavage lies between good citizen and bad citizen.
And the best possible safeguard for this nation is an adequate and highly efficient navy.
It is our duty to lift him up; but it is also our duty to remember that there is no earthly use in trying to carry him.
While modes of fighting were different in the time of Lincoln from that of Washington, and still more different today, t...
The best possible safeguard for this nation is an adequate and highly efficient navy.
The worth of a civilization is the worth of the man at its centre.
The man who lives simply, and justly, and honor ably, whether rich or poor, is a good citizen.
You men who fought in that war did the greatest deed which men have ever done.
