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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
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.
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.
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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.
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
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.