Discourage litigation. Persuade you neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep...

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it.

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a...

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a...

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

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

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

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...

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I...

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I...

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.

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

Determine the thing that can and shall be done, and then we shall find the...

The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of...

The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

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

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

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.