Lincoln's stature and strength his intelligence and ambition - in short all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village.
Judy we think that since the 11th of September 2001 we've faced a similar heightened threat level. And we've been enhancing both the exchange of intelligence and security information and the assessment of that information because that's the crucial element.
We've done it in intelligence sharing and certain elements of security. There were parts of the department in fact that worked very well in Katrina like the Coast Guard and TSA.
The essential elements of giving are power and love - activity and affection - and the consciousness of the race testifies that in the high and appropriate exercise of these is a blessedness greater than any other.
When it came to political power blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement for civil rights and you had plenty of elements to fire the imagination of a novice journalist.
No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.
Laughter and the broader category of humor are key elements in helping us go on with our life after a loss.
I think a major element of jetlag is psychological. Nobody ever tells me what time it is at home.
Increased revenues meaning higher taxes will be a central element of any successful long-term budget plan and President Obama is right to insist that the wealthy - the slice of America that has come through the recession in by far the best financial health - should provide those funds.
The minute anyone's getting anxious I say You must eat and you must sleep. They're the two vital elements for a healthy life.
In theory there is a possibility of perfect happiness: To believe in the indestructible element within one and not to strive towards it.
Our bodies are shaped to bear children and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.
Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.
The three great elements of modern civilization Gun powder Printing and the Protestant religion.
Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate you are sure to wake up somebody.
One of the essential elements of government responsibility is to communicate effectively to the American people especially in time of a potential terrorist attack or a natural disaster.
Government is force pure and simple. There's no way to sugar-coat that. And because government is force it will attract the worst elements of society - people who want to use government to avoid having to earn their living and to avoid having to persuade others to accept their ideas voluntarily.