"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."

"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all."

"How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg."

"Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth."

"Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be."

"When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government - that is despotism."

"There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury."

"A private soldier has as much right to justice as a major-general."

"Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it."

"The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions."

"When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees."

"Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them."

"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly."

"Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition."

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts."

"I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day."

"Among the friends of Union, there is great diversity of sentiment and of policy in regard to slavery and the African race among us."

"The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him."

"I've seen a lot of plays like that. I coached Magic Johnson."

"I also believe Odom would complement Eddie Jones and Brian Grant, our two veteran leaders. As I have said before, we are committed to winning and will do whatever it takes to give our fans talented players and a great team."

"The upside is there could be absolute power dominance inside. But the downside is somebody could say, 'OK, you're going to go big, I'm going to go with five guards -- one shooting center and four guards.' And then who's going to beat who first?"

"I can't judge by practice, because he doesn't practice."

"You can't worry about it. You are going to see it. They have got to deal with teams that are committed to shutting them down. You have got to get stronger against it."

"I think you're going to see that kind of series."

"Shaq is very active and motivated right now. There's a lot that's been written of his philosophy for the regular season. He really wants it, and he really wants the ball too."

"With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds."

"I think that slavery is wrong, morally, socially and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union."

"A capacity, and taste, for reading gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others."

"Everybody likes a compliment."

"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough."

"Important principles may, and must, be inflexible."

"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew."

"The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read."

"I do not think I could myself be brought to support a man for office whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion."

"The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them."

"Shaq did a great job tonight. We have to make sure he's not in foul trouble and constantly look to go to him."

"You've got to have all your weapons against that team."

"(Walsh) is not going to become a little whip in this thing. He held out and got fair value."

"The voters will put in the best players, and the coaches will take care of the rest."

"We got a break tonight. Bobby Simmons is a great player - Mo Williams - those two guys would have created a lot of problems for us. The thing about a speed team, if you can see them walking up and down the court, you've done something."

"As soon as we begin to struggle offensively or get a little bit discouraged, two or three things happen to us and we stop playing defense."

"We're supposed to be one of the top teams in the league. We've assembled some of the top talent in the league. This team needs to understand that when we come to another team's arena, that it is a big event. We came in here and the Hornets took it from us."

"I think they've turned the corner. They've acquired a tremendous amount of talent."

"I think they've turned the corner. They've accumulated a tremendous amount of talent. Ever since (Thomas) has come here, the talent level has gone through the roof. That's all I know."

"It's an ongoing battle. It's becoming more and more and more difficult to do it. There's so much talent, so much ball-handling ability. There's so many things that officials allow perimeter players to get away with that it's difficult to guard the ball."

"I can make more generals, but horses cost money."

"If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance."

"Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it."

"Knavery and flattery are blood relations."

"Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors."