Our progress in degeneracy appears to me to be pretty rapid. As a nation, we began by declaring that "all men are created equal." We now practically read it...

If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

I am slow to learn and slow to forget that which I have learned. My mind is like a piece of steel, very hard to scratch anything on it and almost impossible after you get it...

A man who denies to other men equality of rights is hardly worthy of freedom; but I would give even to him all the rights which I claim for myself.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kitten.

Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.

Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control mans' appetite through legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not even crimes.

How miserably things seem to be arranged in this world. If we have no friends, we have no pleasure; and if we have them, we are sure to lose them and be doubly pained by the loss.

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is not democracy.

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

It shall be my endeavor to preserve the peace of this country so far as it can possibly be done, consistently with the maintenance of the institutions of the country. With my...

The resources, advantages, and powers of the American people are very great, and they have, consequently, succeeded to equally great responsibilities. It seems to have devolved...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but&lt;br /&gt;<br /> you cannot fool all of the people all the time.

Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country,and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.