Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

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...

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying...

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying...

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to...

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

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

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

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am...

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am...

It takes true courage to be a dove, but no honor accrues to being an...

It takes true courage to be a dove, but no honor accrues to being an...

Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor...

Honor and shame from no condition rise; act well your part, there all the honor...