You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of 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...

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...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am...

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am...

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy,...

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy,...

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

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...

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me...

I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me...

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

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.

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and...

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and...

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means;...

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means;...

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to...

There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to...