Abraham Lincoln: “That some achieve great success is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”

Grant that he desires the elective franchise, will he not attain it sooner by saving the already advanced steps towards it, than by running backward over them?

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

Unlike a case of war between independent nations, there is no organized organ for us to treat with,--no one man has authority to give up the rebellion for any other man.

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.