"No man has a right to judge..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office.”

“if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading”

“The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.”

“True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.”

“Proportion is almost impossible to human beings. There is no one who does not exaggerate.”

“Why was I born with such contemporaries?”

“In seeking the help of the Congress and our countrymen, I pledged no easy answers. I pledged, and asked, only toil and dedication. These the Congress and the people have given in good measure.”

“Received as I am by the members of a legislature the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments, I trust that I may have their assistance in piloting the ship of state through this voyage, surrounded by perils as it is; for if it should suffer wreck now, there will be no pilot ever needed for another voyage.”

“An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home.[Lat., Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.]”