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.
Weitere Zitate von Abraham Lincoln
Zum Autor"Lincoln on Grant: 'He makes things get. Wherever he is, he makes things move."
"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."
"The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation."
"All I have learned, I learned from books."
"We trust Sir that God is on our side.' 'It is more important to know that we are on God's side.'."