Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God...

With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God...

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 house divided against itself cannot stand.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I...

I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I...

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...

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

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.

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to...

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

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...

It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance...

It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance...

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Dont interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Dont interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

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...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...