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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He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.

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,...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

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...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of...

The family unit plays a critical role in our society and in the training of...

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him...

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not,...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not,...

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always...

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God....

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God....

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

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.

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...

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say...

There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say...