It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political folly.

The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results.

Lincoln's removal from New Salem to Springfield and his entrance into a law partnership with Major John T. Stuart begin a distinctively new period in his career.

In the early West, law and politics were parallel roads to usefulness as well as distinction.

Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.

Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress.

Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.

While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician.

It is therefore not to be wondered at that Lincolns single term in the House of Representatives at Washington added practically nothing to his reputation.

Life's under no obligation to give us what we expect.

A love so true, so consuming, so good.

You could say I'm a laid-back kind of guy.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

I always knew there wasn't going to be anybody to help me and emotionally support me, that whatever I did I'd have to do on my own.

Good puzzle would be cross Dublin without passing a pub.

What kind of leader sends congressmen out on a kamikaze mission in an election year and right before a recess? The kind of leader whose followers are diminishing in number.

I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.

What has changed is that people have stopped working together.

He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary.