Abraham Lincoln

You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not read more

You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.

What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it read more

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world.

Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world.