Ah, You Know My Weaknesses--my Children And

In Politics I Am Growing Indifferent - I Would Like It, If I Could Now Return To My Planting And Books At Home

It Was My Fortune, Or Misfortune, To Be Called To The Office Of Chief Executive Without Any Previous Political Training.

There Are Many Men Who Would Have Done Better Than I Did Under The Circumstances In Which I Found Myself. If I Had Never Held Command, If I Had Fallen, There Were 10,000 Behind Who Would Have Followed The Contest To The End And Never Surrendered The Union.

In 1856...i Preferred The Success Of A Candidate Whose Election Would Prevent Or Postpone Secession, To Seeing The Country Plunged Into A War The End Of Which No Man Could Foretell. With A Democrat Elected By The Unanimous Vote Of The Slave States, There Could Be No Pretext For Secession For Four Years.... I Therefore Voted For James Buchanan As President.

The Fact Is I Think I Am A Verb Instead Of A Personal Pronoun. A Verb Is Anything That Signifies To Be; To Do; Or To Suffer. I Signify All Three.