Abraham Lincoln — "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it."

"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."

"It is better to be a young man of 60 than an old man of 40."

"I have been selected to fill an important office for a brief period, and am now, in your eyes, invested with an authority which I must soon yield to the regularly chosen successor, and which I hope to…"

"What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried?"

"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser—in fees, expenses, and waste of time."