Abraham Lincoln

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and under a just God cannot long retain it."

"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."

"All I have learned, I learned from books."

"Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality."

"Lincoln on Grant: 'He makes things get. Wherever he is, he makes things move."

"The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation."

"While the people retain their virtue and vigilence no administration by any extreme of wickedness or folly can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years."

"When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away it is best to let him run."

"Hold on with a bulldog grip and chew and choke as much as possible."

"Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be."

"Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."

"We trust Sir that God is on our side.' 'It is more important to know that we are on God's side.'."