Human nature will not change.
It is the mark, or it should be the mark, of a strong, self-respecting nation never wantonly to injure the feelings or to infringe upon the ...
Lincoln, himself a man of Southern birth, did not hesitate to appeal to the sword when he became satisfied that in no other way could the Un...
Fundamentally, it ought to be based on just about the principle that ought to govern each private individual citizen in dealing with his fel...
Let us, therefore, study the incidents of this as philosophy to learn wisdom from, and none of them as wrongs to be revenged.
While I am deeply sensible to the high compliment of a re-election, and duly grateful, as I trust, to Almighty God for having directed my co...
For my own part, I have striven and shall strive to avoid placing any obstacle in the way.
Surely this is the spirit which all Americans should show now, when there is so little excuse for malice or rancor or hatred, when there is ...
To speak discourteously, insultingly, does not do them any harm; it may irritate them, and therefore, it may do us some harm.
This is the spirit in which mighty Lincoln sought to bind up the nation's wounds when its soul was yet seething with fierce hatreds, with wr...
It is a discredit to be dishonest, just as it is a discredit to be a coward.