I will make a prophecy that may now sound peculiar. In fifty years Lincoln's name will be inscribed close to Washington's on this Republic's roll of honor.

Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.

Consider: if you incorporate those tropical countries with the Republic of the United States, you will have to incorporate their people too.

Tis not, 'my country right or wrong'; tis, 'my country, that which is right to be kept right, that which is wrong to be set right'

We have come to a point where it is loyalty to resist, and treason to submit.

Our country ... when right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right.

From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own.

Criticism is like politics: if you don't make your own you are by default accepting the status quo and are finally yourself responsible for whatever the status quo does to you.

who does not know the evils of war cannot appreciate its benefits

Do you have to pay to be Jewish? Do you need a licence?

I do not so much rejoice that God hath made me to be a Queen, as to be a Queen over so thankful a people.

I want to make exalted art. A successful image has pictorial lift. I am looking for whatever is up there.

What would Tyler Durden do?

When a man tells you what people are saying about you, tell him what people are saying about him; that will immediately take his mind off your troubles.

Sometimes it's better to just be quiet, to not think of anything at all. Out of silence comes the greatest creativity.

Don't talk over me, don't argue with me, just listen.

A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a roue to retire upon.