I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day. – Abraham Lincoln
I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal. – Abraham Lincoln
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. – Abraham Lincoln
Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. – Abraham Lincoln
There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite. – Abraham Lincoln
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it. – Abraham Lincoln
What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? – Abraham Lincoln
I have never advocated war except as a means of peace. – Ulysses S. Grant
Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor. – Ulysses S. Grant
The lesson of history is rarely learned by the actors themselves. – James A. Garfield
Sensible and responsible women do not want to vote. The relative positions to be assumed by man and woman in the working out of our civilization were assigned long ago by a higher intelligence than ours. – Grover Cleveland, 1905
Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. – Theodore Roosevelt
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. – Theodore Roosevelt
I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it. – Woodrow Wilson
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. – Woodrow Wilson
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits. – Woodrow Wilson
The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. – Woodrow Wilson
Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose. – Woodrow Wilson
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. – Calvin Coolidge
Patriotism is easy to understand in America – it means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. – Calvin Coolidge
