President Lincoln was once criticized for his attitude toward his enemies. 'Why do you try to make friends of them' asked an associate. 'You should try to destroy them.' 'Am I not destroying my enemies,' Lincoln gently replied, 'when I make them my friends' (Abraham Lincoln)

President Lincoln was once criticized for his attitude toward his enemies. 'Why do you try to make friends of them' asked an associate. 'You should try to destroy them.' 'Am I not destroying my enemies,' Lincoln gently replied, 'when I make them my friends'

Abraham Lincoln

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