Knowledge Makes A Man Unfit To Be

We Are Americans, Speaking The Same Language, Adopting The Same Customs, Holding The Same General Opinions... And Shall Rise And Fall With Americans.

My Great And Exceeding Joy Over These Stupendous Achievements, Especially Over The Abolition Of Slavery (which Had Been The Deepest Desire And The Great Labor Of My Life), Was Slightly Tinged With A Feeling Of Sadness.

A Man Is Worked On By What He Works On.

Self-made Men Are The Men Who Owe Little Or Nothing To Birth, Relationship, Friendly Surroundings; To Wealth Inherited Or To Early Approved Means Of Education; Who Are What They Are, Without The Aid Of Any Favoring Conditions By Which Other Men Usually Rise In The World And Achieve Great Results.

If There's No Struggle, There's No Progress.