The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

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

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

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to...

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to...

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,...

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.

All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.

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

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

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

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...

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

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

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

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

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 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...

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

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

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

Liberals are not unconcerned with economic liberty, but they have come to believe that the...

Liberals are not unconcerned with economic liberty, but they have come to believe that the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...