Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

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...

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.

That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government...

That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government...

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...

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying...

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was...

I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was...

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...

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

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

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

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Custom is the principle magistrate of man's life

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in...