Duties Have Been Mine; Consequences Are God's.

If The Rabble Were Lopped Off At One End And The Aristocrat At The Other, All Would Be Well With The Country.

Tyranny And Despotism Can Be Exercised By Many, More Rigorously, More Vigorously, And More Severely, Than By One.

If You Always Support The Correct Principles Then You Will Never Get The Wrong Results!

I Have Been Almost Overwhelmed By The Announcement Of The Sad Event [lincoln's Assassination] Which Has So Recently Occurred. I Feel Incompetent To Perform Duties So Important And Responsible As Those Which Have Been So Unexpectedly Thrown Upon Me.

Washington, Dc Is 12 Square Miles Bordered By Reality.