Let Your Yes Be Yes

In one of his first attempts to run for political office, Lincoln wasgiven $200 by the Whig Party to cover his election expenses.

He won the election and then promptly returned all the money he had not spenton the election, $199.25.

He explained that he had traveled on his own horse and stayed at the homes of his friends. He said, "My only outlaywas 75 cents for a barrel of cider which some farm hands insisted that I treat them to." Lincoln illustrated Jesus' teachings in the Sermon on the Mount when He said, "Let your yes be yes and your no, no."