What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

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...

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...

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up,...

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up,...

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

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

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government...

That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government...

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.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

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...

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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...

So that we can truly admire this wonderful painting we will have to know ourselves...

So that we can truly admire this wonderful painting we will have to know ourselves...

All the positions, fortunes, celebrities disappear as a snow flake that melts on the black...

All the positions, fortunes, celebrities disappear as a snow flake that melts on the black...

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful...

I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful...