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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Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does...

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does...

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.

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he...

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he...

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the...

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.

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...

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 better part of ones life consists of his friendships.

The better part of ones life consists of his friendships.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the...

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the...

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

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...

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

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 want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is...

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is...

I was thrown out of NYU for cheating-with the deans wife

I was thrown out of NYU for cheating-with the deans wife

She suspected him of infidelity, with and without reason, morning, noon and night

She suspected him of infidelity, with and without reason, morning, noon and night

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being...

On the contrary, Subhuti, those Bodhisattvas who, when these words of the sutra are being...