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

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I...

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.

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

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...

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

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

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...

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

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 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...

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...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

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

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

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 friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

Theres no committee that says, This is the type of person who can change the...

Theres no committee that says, This is the type of person who can change the...