“Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.”

“Men do not fail they give up trying. ”

“Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot.”

“Men do not fail they stop trying.”

“Men do not fail they stop trying.”

“Time was when much of lawyering consisted (according to turn-of-the-century lawyer and statesman Elihu Root) in "telling would-be clients that they are damned fool's, and should stop.”