He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence was about to be pronounced pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Justice Quotes, Memory Quotes

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

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

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

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and...

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and...

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

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...

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God....

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God....

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

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

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

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I...

All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I...

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

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

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on...

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on...

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right...

Only a fool would try to deprive working men and working women of their right...

What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less...

What does labor want? We want more schoolhouses and less jails; more books and less...