“You can go forth to your bitterest enemy. Why? Because it is the right thing to do. It is mathematically correct.” – Jonathan Hanaghan

From “Lincoln 365,” by Arnold Kunst

December 4

'Recognizing me, even before I reached him, the president exclaimed, so that all around could hear him, “Here comes my friend Douglass.” Taking me by the hand, he said, “I am glad to see you. I saw you in the crowd today, listening to my inaugural address; how did you like it?” I said, “Mr. Lincoln, I must not detain you with my poor opinion when there are thousands waiting to shake hands with you.” “No, no,” he said, “you must stop a little, Douglass; there is no man in the country whose opinion I value more than yours. I want to know what you thought of it.” I replied, “Mr. Lincoln, that was a sacred effort.”’

- Frederick Douglass, Ex-slave, White House reception after Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865

'What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.'

- Abraham Maslow