Abraham Lincoln: “I therefore recommend, as a military measure, that Congress provide for the construction of such road as speedily as…”

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…

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.

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.

The question is, will it be wiser to take it as it is and help to improve it, or to reject and disperse it?