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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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep...

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep...

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...

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me...

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man...

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man...

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

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

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...

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property...

The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property...

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.

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

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

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the...

I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the...

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly...

Any person seasoned with a just sense of the imperfections of natural reason, will fly...

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the...

The best practical advice I can give to the present generation is to practice the...