Our strife pertains to ourselves - to the passing generations of men; and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say...

There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say...

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him...

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him...

Discourage litigation. Persuade you neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the...

Discourage litigation. Persuade you neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the...

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

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

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

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's...

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's...

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

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

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time...

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time...

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to...

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.