"I intend no modification of my oft-expressed..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.”

“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.”

“The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for allcommanders.”

“The principles on which we engaged, of which the charter of our independence is the record, were sanctioned by the laws of our being, and we but obeyed them in pursuing undeviatingly the course they called for. It issued finally in that inestimable state of freedom which alone can ensure to man the enjoyment of his equal rights.”

“A mother who is really a mother is never free.”

“He who is by nature not his own but another's man is by nature a slave.”

“Now, I've lived long enough to know that race relations are better than they were 10 or 20 or 30 years ago no matter what some folks say. You can see it not just in statistics, you see it in the attitudes of young Americans across the political spectrum. But we're not where we need to be. And all of us have more work to do.”

“All people should be treated equally, regardless of who they are or who they love.”

“All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.”