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.

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.

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

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.

I love my animal allies and am grateful for their support. I accept it.

It’s been said that I have a problem admitting when I’m wrong. The main reason is because I never am.

Can you walk the road your dream goes?Sometimes. Sometimes I am afraid to.Who is not....

Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society.

It's hard to say what I meant by "as we know it." I'm not about to go up on a mountain on new year's eve and wait for the lightening to strike.

You have to fight for respect. In life, even cashiers at the supermarket, if they're women, they're differently treated. It's a reality. The reality is not nice; it's not pretty.

You have think tanks like the widely respected Atlantic Council that have published reports in the past year that have called Afghanistan a failing state.

Once more I am the silent one who came out of the distance wrapped in cold rain and bells: I owe to earth's pure death the will to sprout.

Enjoy life. And be careful what you pray for - remember, you will get it all.

Whatever matters to human beings, trust is the atmosphere in which it thrives.