Abraham Lincoln: “That on the 22d day of February, in the Hall of the House of Representatives, immediately after the Farewell Address of…”

I do the very best I know how--the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end.

I am considering, and shall not fail to act when satisfied that action will be proper.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.