leadership Quotes

I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall be with me and aid me, I must fail; but if the same omniscient mind and almighty arm... ...

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.

"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We... ...

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts."