If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

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...

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...

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak...

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to...

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to...

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward...

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward...

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

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

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

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

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

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

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

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

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.

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...

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...

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust

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

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

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force.

A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.

A wise government knows how to enforce with temper, or to conciliate with dignity.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes...

Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes...