When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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 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...

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the...

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the...

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,...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This...

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...

In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly...

In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly...

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is...

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is...

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...

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...

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...

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

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...

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to know him better.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to know him better.

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe...

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe...

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

The chance is the remotest, Of its going much longer unnoticed, That I'm not keeping...

The chance is the remotest, Of its going much longer unnoticed, That I'm not keeping...

A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a...

A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a...

Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a...

Civilization will not last, freedom will not survive, peace will not be kept, unless a...

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever...

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever...