You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I ...
I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th instant, I transmit herewith a report from the S...
I nominate Ulysses S. Grant, now a major-general in the military service, to be lieutenant-general in the Army of the Un...
The commanding generals, who have power to act on proceedings of courts-martial in such cases, are authorized in special...
I transmit to Congress the copy of a correspondence which has recently taken place between Her Britannic Majesty's minis...
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, pursuant to the authority in me ves...
In all respects except as herein specified the existing blockade remains in full force and effect as hitherto establishe...
