Public opinion in this country is everything.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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These office-seekers are a curse to the country; no sooner was my election certain, than...

These office-seekers are a curse to the country; no sooner was my election certain, than...

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

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.

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

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

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

A lawyer's time and advice are his stock in trade.

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...

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their...

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their...

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....

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each...

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each...

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...

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please...

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please...

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...

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks,...

Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks,...

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...

Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we...

Why do they always teach us that it's easy and evil to do what we...