Abraham Lincoln

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

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

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing read more

Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and force a new one that suits them better.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we read more

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.