There are few men known more for their words then Abraham Lincoln. He used simple words to get across profound meaning. His words often hold as much meaning today as they did 150 years ago. Quotes
One of my favorites:
“At what point shall we expect the approach of danger? By what means shall we fortify against it?– Shall we expect some transatlantic military giant, to step the Ocean, and crush us at a blow? Never!–All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years. At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” – Address to the Young Men’s Lyceum in Springfield, Illinois, January 27, 1838
Perhaps Kerry ought to use this as a response to Bush’s exaggerated acusations of changing positions:
“I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.” – Letter to Horace Greely, August 22, 1862
And a funny one to finish up:
“He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.”