Abraham Lincoln

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted read more

I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it read more

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world.

Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world.