"We cannot ask a man what he..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes for himself. Allow ALL the governed anequal voice in the government, and that, and that only, is self-government.”

“War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible.”

“Be excellent and party on dudes.”

“Dr. [Martin Luther] King was a human being. He had a sense of humor which was wonderful.”

“The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in Government than in politics. The growing independence of voters, after all, has been proven by the votes in every Presidential election since my childhood and the tendency, frankly, is on the increase.”

“My first job as commander in chief is to keep the American people safe.”

“My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that what I say is the truth.”

“As president of the United States, I don't bluff.”

“What is any political campaign save a concerted effort to turn out a set of politicians who are admittedly bad and put in a set who are thought to be better. The former assumption, I believe is always sound; the latter is just as certainly false. For if experience teaches us anything at all it teaches us this: that a good politician, under democracy, is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”