"Character is like a tree, and reputation..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“To lead, you must touch men's hearts.”

“Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but, if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not that I was the last to desert, but that I never deserted her.”

“Our attitude is more honest and more consistent than our words.”

“Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native lustre about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot be painted.”

“Character enough of an opposite description ... My opinion is ... that you could as soon scrub the blackamore white, as to change the principles of a profest Democrat; and that he will leave nothing unattempted to overturn the Government of this Country.”

“The difference between being ordinary and extraordinary is doing the right thing while nobody is watching.”

“I have a reputation for taking on governors a lot more powerful than me.”

“Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It's all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.”

“Give a man a reputation as an early riser and he can sleep 'til noon.”