Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not,...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not,...

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

God must love the common man, he made so many of them.

God must love the common man, he made so many of them.

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who...

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

Gags die, humor doesn't

Gags die, humor doesn't

Family jokes, through rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.

Family jokes, through rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.