In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.
Abraham LincolnMots clés power public-opinion
No man is poor who has a Godly mother.
Abraham LincolnMots clés wisdom mother lincoln
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The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty may mean for each man to do as he pleases with himself, and the product of his labor; while with others the same word may mean for some men to do as they please with other men, and the product of other men’s labor. Here are two, not only different, but incompatible things, called by the same name, liberty. And it follows that each of the things is, by the respective parties, called by two different and incompatible names, liberty and tyranny. The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty, especially as the sheep was a black one. Plainly the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of the word liberty.
Abraham LincolnMots clés liberty
Writing is the great invention of the world.
Abraham LincolnMots clés inspirational writing us-presidents writing-life
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
Abraham Lincolnif you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading
Abraham LincolnMots clés general
I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you can not fail, if you resolutely determine, that you will not.
Abraham LincolnMots clés inspirational abraham-lincoln
You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything you set out to accomplish if you hold to that desire with singleness of purpose.
Abraham LincolnMots clés purpose determination desire accomplish
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abraham LincolnIF you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But, if you are going to negotiate, don't let them talk you into fighting.
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