Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage...

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage...

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...

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.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

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...

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

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...

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

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...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

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...

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

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

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

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please...

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please...

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.

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.