". . .government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

"All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother."
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing."
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

"Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

"Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet."
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy."
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

"Character is like a tree, and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing."
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)