Abraham Lincoln

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried

What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

We have forgotten the gracious hand which has preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and read more

We have forgotten the gracious hand which has preserved us in peace and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us, and have vainly imagined in the deceitfulness of our hearts that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving Grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.

You can fool some of the people some of the time and all of the people some of the time, read more

You can fool some of the people some of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.