It never occurs to some politicians that Lincoln is worth imitating as well as quoting.

Did Stanton say I was a damned fool? Then I dare say I must be one, for Stanton is generally right and he always says what he means.

In the great journal of things happening under the sun, we, the American People, find our account running, under date of the nineteenth century of the Christia…

Well, I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.

Ladies and gentlemen, I came here to avoid as much as possible treading on your corns. I had intended to deal only with the basic issue of economics that dicta…

Nor are liberal ideals alone sufficient: Ours is a practical people, to whom ideals furnish the theory of political action, upon which they want not only firm …

That man always made it a point to speak German, although he spoke English well enough. That was because he imitated Hitler to the last degree. He would say th…