Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

''A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal.'' So with men....

''A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gal.'' So with men....

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

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

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...

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government...

That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

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 do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

These office-seekers are a curse to the country; no sooner was my election certain, than...

These office-seekers are a curse to the country; no sooner was my election certain, than...

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

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...

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep...

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep...