Abraham Lincoln: “I occupy a position that enables me to believe that these two gentlemen are not nearly so deep in the quarrel as some…”

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

If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything.

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.