I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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...

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.

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

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

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

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

I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was...

I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was...

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...

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

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

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

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...

I dont know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I dont know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms,...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms,...

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

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

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

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 destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

In war, truth is the first casualty.

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile....

We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile....