Abraham Lincoln — "The plainest print cannot be read through a gold eagle."

"Public opinion, though often an erring, is generally an irresistible power."

"A house divided against itself cannot stand."

"I have no prejudice against the Southern people. They are not to blame for the institution of slavery among them. They are in the condition of a man with a wen on his neck. It is an excrescence, but y…"

"It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have inherited from our fathers."

"I shall try to do my duty, and I shall try to do it conscientiously."