Patriotism without criticism has no head; criticism without patriotism has no heart.

It is possible to have pardon without forgiveness-a murderer can be pardoned by the governor, but that does not mean the victim's family has forgiven him. And there can be forgiveness without pardon.

The one who pursues revenge should dig two graves.

It's often said that leadership is the art of getting people to do what you want, and making them think it's what they want. This captures a lot of what Abraham Lincoln did.

No one loves an archive better than I do. I can smell a good one half-a-block away - all that brittle papyrus dust is music to my nostrils.

Stephen A.Douglas was a risk-taker by temperament; I expect that Lincoln - Douglas debates represented another risk he just couldn't resist. He lived to regret it.

My Words Are For The Ones Who Get It, Rest Forget It !

If you think you can't make time to invest into your life at once now, you will be compelled to make time to count your regrets one by one later. By all means, you'll make time... So, make it now!

Ugly truths are the biggest source of indigestion in humans.

I set a good example with my way of being, eating, acting, speaking.

The future for me is already a thing of the past - You were my first love and you will be my last

A lot of preachers' kids are some of the most rebellious kids in the world. I never was like that.

A lot of people are not meant to be together.

A fellow ought to save a few of the long evenings he spends with his girl till after they're married.

In spite of all that happened at Hamburg, bombing proved a relatively humane method.

I haven't really done a lot of comedy. It's something that terrifies me.