Abraham Lincoln

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic read more

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

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.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.