Abraham Lincoln Wrecks Quotations

Received as I am by the members of a legislature the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments, I trust that I may have their assistance in piloting the ship of state through this voyage, surrounded by perils as it is; for if it should suffer wreck now, there will be no pilot ever needed for another voyage.

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.