Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe...

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe...

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...

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...

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

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...

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

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

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is...

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is...

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

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

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...

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God....

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God....

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end......

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end......

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

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...

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.