Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power. – Abraham Lincoln
If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. – Abraham Lincoln
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. – Abraham Lincoln
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves. – Abraham Lincoln