Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he...

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he...

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...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be...

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be...

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...

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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.

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening...

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

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 claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal....

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal....

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...