There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.
I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.
We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.
For score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
The things I want to Know are in books; my best friend is the man who’ll get me a book I am not read.
I am a firm believer in the people, if given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
Everybody likes a compliment.
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.
These men ask for just the same things, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall hav These men ask for just the same things, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, sha
No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
He has a right to criticize who has a heart to help.
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
