Famous quotes containing the words abraham lincoln, president and/or lincoln:
“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 (1809–1865)
“Taft, laughing, “What troubles [brother] Charles is, he is afraid Roosevelt will get the credit of making me President and not himself.” To Charles: “I will agree not to minimize the part you played in making me President if you will agree not to minimize the part Roosevelt played.””
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)
“Beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward, and give us victories.”
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865)