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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new...

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a...

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a...

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do...

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.

Public opinion in this country is everything.

Public opinion in this country is everything.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

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...

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...

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms,...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms,...

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect...

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

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...

If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you...

If you neglect your work, you will dislike it; if you do it well, you...

I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work.

I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work.