It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national sins, and pray for clemency and forgiveness.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be

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

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

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...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, Truth...

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, Truth...

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...

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

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 better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new...

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...

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am...

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am...

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...

Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create...

Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create...

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion,...

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion,...

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the...

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the...