Military glory - that attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage...

Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while...

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.

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...

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

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...

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...

Our strife pertains to ourselves - to the passing generations of men; and it can...

Our strife pertains to ourselves - to the passing generations of men; and it can...

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...

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...

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to know him better.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to know him better.

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, / Devised at first to keep the...

Conscience is but a word that cowards use, / Devised at first to keep the...

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within