Abraham Lincoln: “Shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment;”

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

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

He said, with a great deal of emphasis, and with an expression of countenance I shall never forget: "When a man is sincerely penitent for his misdeeds, and gives satisfactory evidence of the same, he can safely be pardoned, and there is no…

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.