The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
From Abraham Lincoln
With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.
I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.
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