Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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...

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help

Everybody likes a compliment.

Everybody likes a compliment.

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...

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...

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

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...

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the...

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the...

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not...

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not...

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...

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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...