"If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name."

"The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it."

"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."

"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."

"Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong."

"While my interest in natural history has added very little to my sum of achievement, it has added immeasurably to my sum of enjoyment in life."

"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

"Behold I do not give lectures or a little charity, When I give I give myself."

"For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."

"But as in ethics, evil is a consequence of good, so, in fact, out of joy is sorrow born."

"Get married early in the morning. That way, if it doesn't work out, you haven't wasted a whole day."

"To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful."