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?

Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one read more

Treat your friend as if he will one day be your enemy, and your enemy as if he will one day be your friend

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

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.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.