In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. – Abraham Lincoln
What is conservatism? It is not adherence to the old and tried, but against the new and untried? – Abraham Lincoln
Hypocrite: the man who murdered both his parents… pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan. – Abraham Lincoln
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