Abraham Lincoln: “We must think anew, act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves from the past, and then we shall save our country.”

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.

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.

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.