Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
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.
You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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.
No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
Avoid popularity if you would have peace.
I can make more generals, but horses cost money.
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.