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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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...

Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet.

Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet.

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is...

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is...

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.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him...

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

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...

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up,...

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up,...

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

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...

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...

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.

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...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. Thats...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. Thats...

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Without tact you can learn nothing.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.

Tact is the art of making a point without making an enemy.