Political Quotes

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

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.

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