Abraham Lincoln ( 10 of 134 )
Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing read more
Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and force a new one that suits them better.
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its read more
Must a government of necessity 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
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.
We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic read more
We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak out and remove all doubt.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak out and remove all doubt.
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg read more
If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg.
