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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I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

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...

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...

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me...

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me...

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...

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

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...

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...

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation,...

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation,...

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

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

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to...

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to...

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...

Public opinion in this country is everything.

Public opinion in this country is everything.

For mine own part, it was Greek to me

For mine own part, it was Greek to me

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one

One can give a really unbiased opinion only about things that do not interest one