American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.
These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people; and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.
I can make more generals, but horses cost money.
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.
With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds.
We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.