You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

My experience has taught me that a man who has no vices has damned few...

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

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

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

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

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...

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers, is that...

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers, is that...

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...

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...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the...

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker 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,...

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end,...

I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end,...

It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the...

It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the...

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people...

Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people...

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.