Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

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...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

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

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

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...

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and...

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and...

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

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

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

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,...

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.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character,...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character,...

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on...

If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on...

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who...

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who...

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,...

In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly...

In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly...

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the...

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the...

And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year,...

And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year,...

These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows,...

These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows,...