Abraham Lincoln ( 10 of 134 )
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.
He who molds the public sentiment ... makes statues and decisions possible or impossible to make.
He who molds the public sentiment ... makes statues and decisions possible or impossible to make.
If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed read more
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
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.
You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not read more
You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.
