In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Self Responsibility Quotes

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he...

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their...

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their...

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

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

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

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...

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 want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

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.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which...

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which...

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.

Stand-up comics reflect less of a visual humor and more of a commentary.