"President Lincoln was once criticized for his..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”

“Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.”

“Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life.”

“For a long time I used to think this a silly, straw-splitting distinction: how could you hate what a man did and not hate the man? But years later it occurred to me that there was one man to whom I had been doing this all my life - namely myself.”

“When you forgive, you must cancel the debt. Do not spend your life paying and collecting debts.”

“Forgiveness proceeds from a generous soul.”

“I am asham'd that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace.”

“He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound.”

“The motto of war is: "Let the strong survive; let the weak die." The motto of peace is: "Let the strong help the weak to survive."”