Important principles may, and must, be inflexible..

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent..

Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed..

Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves and the Constitution, ther….

I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence..

Calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg..

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?.

Offering thanks in the midst of tragedy is an American tradition, . even during a bloody Civil War..

I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and highest sense. But I cannot give liberty of conscience to the pope and his followers, t….

If we know where we are and something about how we got there, we might see where we are trending - and if the outcomes which lie naturally in our cou….

The negative principle that no law is free law, is not much known except among lawyers..

As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by interest, and next no one left to borrow from - so mu….

As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answ….

It has been said that one bad general is better than two good ones, and the saying is true if taken to mean no more than that an army is better direc….

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good ma….

Nothing will divert me from my purpose..

The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends..

My policy is to have no policy..

The leading rule for a man of every calling is diligence; never put off until tomorrow what you can do today..

The only security a man can ever have is the ability to do a job uncommonly well..

Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after ….