We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature. – Abraham Lincoln
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. – Abraham Lincoln
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. – Abraham Lincoln
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing. – Abraham Lincoln
Only roam on, therefore, all fearless, in the many garden of romantic chivalrous poesy, which drawing within its circle all that is glorious and inspiring, gave itself but little concern as to where its flowers originally grew. – C.O. Müller (Karl Otfried Müller), Introduction to a Scientific System