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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up,...

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up,...

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the...

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting...

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to...

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could...

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of...

I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of...

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

When I was a kid, we said that we were precluded from going to certain...

Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous...

Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous...