We Better Know There Is A Fire

What I Want Is To Get Done What The People Desire To Have Done, And The Question For Me Is How To Find That Out Exactly.

Few Can Be Induced To Labor Exclusively For Posterity - Posterity Has Done Nothing For Us

I Am A Little Uneasy About The Abolishment Of Slavery In This District Of Columbia.

For It Has Been Said, All That A Man Hath Will He Give For His Life; And While All Contribute Of Their Substance The Soldier Puts His Life At Stake, And Often Yields It Up In His Country's Cause. The Highest Merit, Then Is Due To The Soldier.

Now, And Ever, I Shall Do All In My Power For Peace, Consistently With The Maintenance Of Government.