Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

by Doris Kearns Goodwin

“I will try to excel in all things yet if I am excelled, without fault of mine, I will not be mortified. I will not withhold from any one the praise which I think his due; nor will I allow myself to envy another’s praise or to feel jealousy when I hear him praised.

“an honest politician is one who, when he is bought, stays bought.”

“as in religion, so in politics, it is faith, and not despondency, that overcomes mountains and scales the heavens.”