Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Integrity Quotes, Character Quotes

Commitment is what transforms a promise into a reality... Commitment is the stuff character is made of; the power to change the face of things. It is the daily triumph of integrity over skepticism.

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Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.

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I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families--second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks.... My father ... removed from Kentucky to ... Indiana, in my eighth year.... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up.... Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher ... but that was all.

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A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

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The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy.

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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.

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I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else.

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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

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Let reverence for the laws . . . become the political religion of the nation.

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I am in favor of a national bank...in favor of the internal improvements system and a high protective tariff.

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I have no wealthy or popular relations to recommend me.

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It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going.

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. . . peace is a thing which a person must be willing to fight for . . .

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I can hardly believe that the South and North can live in peace, unless we can get rid of the negroes ... I believe that it would be better to export them all to some fertile country with a good climate, which they could have to themselves.

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Let us do nothing through passion and ill temper.

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Elections belong to the people. It's their decision.

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A man has not the time to spend half his life in quarrels. If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him.

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Reduce the supply of black labor by colonizing the black laborer out of the country, and by precisely so much you increase the demand for and wages of white labor.

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Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.

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It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.

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