Abraham Lincoln ( 10 of 134 )
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.
If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together read more
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed read more
Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.
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.
