"In a certain sense, and to a..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world; but I do think that it is charged with the duty of preventing and redressing all wrongs which are wrongs to itself.”

“You can't help the poor by being one of them.”

“I will learn, the opportunity will come.”

“So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government; and so to resist force, employed for its destruction, by force, for its preservation.”

“The chief purpose of government is to protect life. Abandon that and you have abandoned all.”

“So I think it's important to understand that your duly elected representatives have been consistently informed about exactly what we're doing.”

“One of the things we're going to have to discuss and debate is how are we striking this balance between the need to keep the American people safe and our concerns about privacy. Because there are some trade-offs involved. I welcome this debate, and I think it's healthy for our democracy.”

“These, then, will be some of the features of democracy... it will be, in all likelihood, an agreeable, lawless, parti-colored commonwealth, dealing with all alike on a footing of equality, whether they be really equal or not.”

“Democracy means that when there's a knock in the door at 3 am, it's probably the milkman.”