Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.
ABRAHAM LINCOLNIf any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.
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I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
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Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.
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Force is all conquering, but it’s victories are short lived.
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No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
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The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.
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I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
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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.
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Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.
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Tact: the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?
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If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.
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