When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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

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

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.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

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...

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my...

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my...

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

I dont know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I dont know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

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

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

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and...

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and...