Abraham Lincoln

"Let the past as we bid it farewell take with it all enmities."

"I have heard it said that the Almighty does not attribute to us as we do to one another."

"The best of inspirations come from necessity."

"To ease one's heart is a luxury allowed to but few men of my station."

"I had never been in a court house till then."

"My mind is troubled by the condition of mankind."

"In our hands is placed a power greater than their hoarded gold."

"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."

"I am here, but my heart is there in that office."

"The leading rule for the lawyer is diligence."

"I have always been superstitious, and as the elections approach, the superstition increases."

"No man has ever been born, or can be born, with the knowledge of the edge of right and wrong."

"My whole soul was absorbed in the effort to preserve the Union."

"I cannot make it better known than it already is, the world knows it already."

"The human mind must believe in something."

"Scholars are not more wicked than other men."

"I hold that in contemplation of universal law, all people are created equal."

"I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me."

"Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature."

"The ballot is stronger than the bullet."

"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise."

"I never encourage deceit."

"My father moved us to Indiana, which was still in a raw and primitive state."

"I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by what I believe."

"The Union must and shall be preserved."

"Congress has never attempted to prohibit the States from doing anything."

"My defense is my life."

"I stand by my opinions until convincing arguments are placed before me."

"We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."

"Enlightened counsels must take the place of angry ones."