Danh ngôn của John George Nicolay (Sứ mệnh: 3)

Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.
It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with all of political folly.
Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village.