The proud self-sacrifice, the resolute and daring courage, the high and steadfast devotion to the right as each man saw it, whether Northerner or Southerner, these qualities render...
A man would indeed be but a poor American who could without a thrill witness the way in which, in city after city in the North as in the Sou...
Our voice must be effective for peace because it is raised for righteousness first and for peace only as the handmaiden of righteousness.
The only rivalry that ever entered their heads was rivalry as to which man could show himself best entitled to the praise of having done all...
We are no longer New Yorkers or New Englanders, Pennsylvanians or Virginians; we are Americans
More than this no man is entitled to, and less than this no man shall have.
When I am through my present trip I will have been in and spoken in every State in the Union during my term as President.
Only a heroic people could have battled successfully against the conditions with which the people of the South found themselves face to face...
Next only to a man's having worn the blue comes the fact of the man's having worn the gray to entitle him to honor in my sight.
Self-government is not too easy a thing.
Our aim must be to deal justice to each man; no more and no less.