Abraham Lincoln: “Allow me to assure you that suspicion and jealousy never did help any man in any situation.”

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

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.

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

Important principles may and must be inflexible.