He knew what he was talking about.

Here are some quotes from one of my all time heroes... (I was born on his birthday)

• "You can't escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today."—Abraham Lincoln

• "If you look for the bad in people expecting to find it, you surely will."—Abraham Lincoln

"I would rather have people laugh at my economies than weep for my extravagance. ... Abraham Lincoln

I think the USA could do well to remember the wisdom of this great man.