Abraham Lincoln: “The colonists will be brought to Washington, unless otherwise hereafter directed, and be employed and provided for at…”

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

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.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

As a general rule I abstain from reading the reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.