Venice Would Be A Fine City If

There Is Nothing More I Should Do To It Now, And Therefore I Am Not Likely To Be More Ready To Go Than At This Moment.

So Vast A Sum, Receiving All The Protection And Benefits Of The Government, Without Bearing Its Proportion Of The Burdens And Expenses Of The Same, Will Not Be Looked Upon Acquiescently By Those Who Have To Pay The Taxes. . . . I Would Suggest The Taxation Of All Property Equally.

I Have Made It A Rule Of My Life To Trust A Man Long After Other People Gave Him Up, But I Don't See How I Can Ever Trust Any Human Being Again.

Let No Guilty Man Escape, If It Can He Avoided. . . . No Personal Consideration Should Stand In The Way Of Performing A Public Duty.

Really, Mr. Lincoln, I Have Had Enough Of This Show Business.