When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self government - that is despotism.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God...

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God...

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting...

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpents eye, that charms to...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpents eye, that charms to...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his arent very new...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not...

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

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

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

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother

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.

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...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to...

Military glory--that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood--that serpent's eye, that charms to...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever...

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...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new...

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new...

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

You're never as good as people think you are when you're winning and never as...

You're never as good as people think you are when you're winning and never as...

As a team we're wrestling a lot better. When you have a schedule like we...

As a team we're wrestling a lot better. When you have a schedule like we...