 If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance. |
| The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. |
| If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg. |
| I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends. |
| You cannot build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independence. Topics: Courage |
| Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. |
| As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. |
| Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets. |
| The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. |
| Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed. |
| No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. |
| America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. |
| All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind. |
| Public opinion in this country is everything. |
| Knavery and flattery are blood relations. |
