Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust

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...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

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,...

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

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 great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time...

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time...

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

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,...

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Discourage litigation. Persuade you neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the...

Discourage litigation. Persuade you neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the...

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

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

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

There is only one happiness in life -- to love and to be loved.

There is only one happiness in life -- to love and to be loved.

So in Europe, we had empires. Everyone had them - France and Spain and Britain...

So in Europe, we had empires. Everyone had them - France and Spain and Britain...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...

It is our less conscious thoughts and our less conscious actions which mainly mould our...