"IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO REALIZE THAT LINCOLN WAS IN THE HOUSE, BUT WHEN HE RAN FOR THE SENATE IN 1858, HE WAS DEFEATED. YET HE EMERGED, I SUPPOSE, AS ONE OF THE TWO OR THREE GREATEST PRESIDENTS WE HAVE HAD... ...SO, IT REALLY DEPENDS, IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, ON THE COMPETENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL."
