As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as...

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as...

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,...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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...

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God...

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character,...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character,...

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy,...

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy,...

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

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

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

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

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be...

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be...

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...

I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was...

I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was...

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...

Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood

Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

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...

If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so...

If you don't want to work, you have to work to earn enough money so...

A large proportion of the human race, it is true, is obliged to work so...

A large proportion of the human race, it is true, is obliged to work so...