It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to...

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to...

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life...

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new...

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.

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

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

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

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 majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

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...

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

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.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be...

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be...

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

I will study and get ready, and perhaps my chance will come.

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.