Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without...

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without...

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...

It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the...

It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms,...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms,...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to...

How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces...

How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces...