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

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...

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life...

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life...

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that...

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that...