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 desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end,...

I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end,...

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.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

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...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

Public opinion in this country is everything.

Public opinion in this country is everything.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

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

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

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end......

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end......

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...

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any...

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any...

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

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

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

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,...