“I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief…”— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com
“...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that this government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com
“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Other means may succeed; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just - a way which, if followed…”— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com
“I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all men are created free and equal.”— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com
“As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.”— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com
“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.”— Abraham Lincoln, rogerjnorton.com
“Something happens at around 92 miles an hour—thunder-headers drown out all sound, engine vibrations travels at a heart's rate, field of vision funnels into the immediate and suddenly you're not on the road, you're in it. A part of it. Traffic, scenery, cops—just cardboard cutouts blowing over as you…”— Kurt Sutter, Jax Teller, Charlie Hunnam, imdb.com
“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best, hope of earth.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man. In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“Of our political revolution of '76, we all are justly proud. It has given us a degree of political freedom, far exceeding that of any other nation of the earth. In it the world has found a solution of the long mooted problem, as to the capability of man to govern himself. In it was the germ which ha…”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“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.”— Abraham Lincoln, abrahamlincolnonline.org
“But after all, the most animating encouragement and potent appeal for freedom will be its own history - its trials and its triumphs.”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.com
“In this our country has, in my judgment, thus far fulfilled its highest duty to suffering humanity. It has spoken and will continue to speak, not only by words, but by its acts, the language of sympathy, encouragement, and hope to those who earnestly listen to tones which pronounce for the largest n…”— Franklin Pierce, amazon.com
“Liberty? Independence? Are they to remain only words? Gentlemen, let us make them fighting words!”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“"A Line or two can give no great Offense, ‘Tho’void every thing that looks like Sense: For if you’re not inclined, you need not read them, But have my leave to burn them, with all Freedom. "”— Nathan Hale, amazon.com
“Can we tolerate this kind of freedom of speech which flagrantly contravenes the principles of our constitution?”— Deng Xiaoping, amazon.com
“I learned that you don't have to be all over the place, that you can be subtle and you can say what you say. The words that you put together can be just as hilarious as falling all over the place or doing something.”— Mike Epps, successories.com