A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

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.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human...

My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human...

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to...

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to...

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

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

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

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

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...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

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...

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to...

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms,...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms,...

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

A nation as a society forms a moral person, and every member of it is...

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and...

As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and...

I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary...

I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary...

Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let...

Just remember, when you should grab something, grab it; when you should let go, let...