Abraham Lincoln | cut my throat when they find their opportunity

"I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and highest sense. But I cannot give liberty of conscience to the pope and his followers, the papists, so long as they tell me, through all their councils, theologians, and canon laws that their conscience orders them to burn my wife, strangle my children, and cut my throat when they find their opportunity."

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln | If you want to test a man’s character, give him power

"If you want to test a man's character, give him power,"

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln | You can tell the greatness of a man

"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry"

Abraham Lincoln