Abraham Lincoln — "I am not ashamed to confess that I am not so good a Christian as I might be, but…"

"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day."

"The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves—in their separate, and individu…"

"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."

"Truth is generally the best vindication against slander."

"I can't sleep, and I haven't slept, for I am thinking of the poor fellows who are to die tomorrow."