You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted that you mean to do right.

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice them all to the Union; but how can I draw my sword upon Virginia, my native State?

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

A land without memories is a people without liberty.

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white man, you see everything around him improving.

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

He tries to find the exit from himself but there is no door.

Those who serve deserve.

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One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.

So much harm comes into this world when the wrong thing is said. But that's nothing compared to the pain from what goes unsaid.

Death is release, if you've lived all right.

The intelligent perusal of fine games cannot fail to make the reader a better player and a better judge of the play of others.

A fearless man thrives on far horizons.

Is god omnipotent ? If he is, can he create a rock so heavy he can't lift it ?

I dunno. I never smoked any Astroturf. (When asked whether he preferred grass or Astroturf