"I never had a policy; I have..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“The time has come when I am for everybody fighting the rebels. Let Indians fight them; let the Negroes fight them; and if you have got any strong-legged jackasses in Iwoa that can kick rebels to death, they have my hearty consent.”

“Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others.”

“A man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be.”

“Here's one problem with drifting: you can't drift your way to the top of the mountain.”

“We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.”

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.”

“I wasn't really a work conscious type of person.”

“Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts inevitably bring about right results.”

“The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.”