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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Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

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...

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

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...

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

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

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.

All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

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

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

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

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...

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

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.

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

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...

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

The job of the artist is to deepen the mystery

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit