Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong... - Abraham Lincoln
"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."
"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."
"The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them."
"I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God."
"In this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible except with time. You cannot now believe that you will ever feel better. But this is not true. You are sure to be happy again. Knowing this, truly believing it will make you less miserable now. I have had enough experience to make this statement."
"in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity."
"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"