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.The dogmas…

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...

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

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

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

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...

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this...

I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

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

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

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...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

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 don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was...

I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was...

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

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...

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...

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 United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. When an individual, in...

The United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. When an individual, in...

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.

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

And in the end, its not the years in your life that count. Its the...

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the...

I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the...

So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the...

So great has been the endurance, so incredible the achievement, that, as long as the...

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with...

If you want to accomplish the goals of your life, you have to begin with...