Abraham Lincoln ( 10 of 134 )
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.
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.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
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.
A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion
A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion
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
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."
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
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history
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.
