Abraham Lincoln

Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold. ”

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. ”

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. ”

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. ”

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. ”

The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded. ”

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong. ”

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs; let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. ”

A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major-general. ”

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help. ”