Quotes by President

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major-general.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted.

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage, who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).

"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."

"My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right."