“The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was p...”

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”

“Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and fo...”

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”

“The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to inter...”

“My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Un...”

“The future isn't just a place you'll go. It's a place you will invent.”

“If you deliver excellence right now, that gives you the best shot at the best future you've got coming.”

“I always felt like my future was at stake every time I stepped on stage and that was kind of hair-raising. At some point I just we...”

“What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?”

“Run to meet the future or it's going to run you down.”

“Anything you're trying to will is focused on the future it's always associated with some sort of anxiety that makes the present mo...”