Abraham Lincoln

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing read more

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end

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.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

This is the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birthday of
Washington. We are met to celebrate this read more

This is the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birthday of
Washington. We are met to celebrate this day. Washington is the
mightiest name on earth--long since mightiest in the cause of
civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that
name an eulogy is expected. It can not be. To add brightness to
the sun or glory to the name of Washington is alike impossible.
Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name and in its
naked, deathless splendor leave it shining on.