The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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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

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

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...

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.

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

Whatever you are, be a good one.

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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

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

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is...

It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is...

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

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...

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I...

All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I...

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them.

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...

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

How can I follow my heart when it's waiting around for the rest of me...

How can I follow my heart when it's waiting around for the rest of me...

You will make bad decisions. The real test is not to make the same ones...

You will make bad decisions. The real test is not to make the same ones...