The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our organization, which often makes a mans course seem crooked, his conduct a riddle

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

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...

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government...

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government...

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 remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to...

I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to...

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...

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do...

It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance...

It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance...

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to...

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to...

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be

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...

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

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

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward...

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward...

Our strife pertains to ourselves - to the passing generations of men; and it can...

Our strife pertains to ourselves - to the passing generations of men; and it can...

My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair,...

My generation, faced as it grew with a choice between religious belief and existential despair,...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A...