I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the people. Nothing but the sternest necessity can ever justify it. A government had better go to the extreme of toleration, than to do aught that…

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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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 probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet.

Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet.

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

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

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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.

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

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...

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

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...

God must love the common man, he made so many of them.

God must love the common man, he made so many of them.

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...

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life...

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life...

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's...

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's...

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd...

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd...

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you cant see where it keeps...

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you cant see where it keeps...

I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it...

I've learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it...