Let Them Impeach And Be Damned.

I Realized, There Are People Out There Who Can Beat Me, Want To Beat Me. And Unless I Continue To Innovate And Evolve, I Am Going To Learn A Painful Lesson From Someone Who Has.

I Have Been Almost Overwhelmed By The Announcement Of The Sad Event [lincoln's Assassination] Which Has So Recently Occurred. I Feel Incompetent To Perform Duties So Important And Responsible As Those Which Have Been So Unexpectedly Thrown Upon Me.

Notwithstanding A Mendacious Press; Notwithstanding A Subsidized Gang Of Hirelings Who Have Not Ceased To Traduce Me, I Have Discharged All My Official Duties And Fulfilled My Pledges. And I Say Here Tonight That If My Predecessor Had Lived, The Vials Of Wrath Would Have Poured Out Upon Him.

Honest Conviction Is My Courage; The Constitution Is My Guide.

The Sovereignty Of The States Is The Language Of The Confederacy And Not The Language Of The Constitution. The Latter Contains The Emphatic Words. This Constitution And The Laws Of The United States Which Shall Be Made In Pursuance Thereof And All Treaties Made Or Which Shall Be Made Under The Authority Of The United States, Shall Be The Supreme Law Of The Land And The Judges In Every State Shall Be Bound Thereby, Anything In The Constitution Or Laws Of Any State To The Contrary Notwithstanding