“Don't kneel to me. That is not right...You may rest assured that as long as I live no one shall put a shackle on your limbs and you shall have all the rights which God has given to every other free citizen of the republic.”— Abraham Lincoln, amazon.comTagged: Life
“[Lincoln's time as a lawyer] schooled him in the book of human behavior...[It made him] resigned and forgiving, not callous and bitter...He was willing to do business with imperfect men if they could serve his purpose.”— James Swanson, amazon.comTagged: Life, Human Behavior