Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the people and who, to say the most of them, are, taken as a mass, at least one long step removed from honest men

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human...

My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human...

Dont interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Dont interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

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...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. Thats...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. Thats...

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

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...

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

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

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

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

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

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

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

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.

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...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

You will always be right if you suspect that you are always wrong.

You will always be right if you suspect that you are always wrong.

We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected...

We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected...