Lincoln's removal from New Salem to Springfield and his entrance into a law partnership with Major John T. Stuart begin a distinctively new period in his career.

The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results.

In the early West, law and politics were parallel roads to usefulness as well as distinction.

Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.

It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political folly.

Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress.

Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.

While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician.

It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincolns single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation.

She took refuge on the firm ground of fiction, through which indeed there curled the blue river of truth.

Poor or rich, black or white, quiet or naughty, mentally defective or sharp-witted, thin or fat, all children are great!

Spiritual achievement costs much, though never as much as it is worth.

So many people that I've seen can't get clean water. It's a crime.

I work 6:00 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.

And nobler is a limited command, Given by the love of all your native land, Than a successive title, long and dark, Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's Ark.

No one should ever feel sorry for me. Ive been treated very well for the most part.

Violence is essentially wordless. and it can begin only where thought and rational communication have broken down.

I was prosecutor for 18 years. I was threatened by drug dealers, murders, and organized crime. This was a walk in the park.

In this respect, I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry [Kasparov]. With his very emotive body language at the [chess]board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.