No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.
Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.
The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
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.
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.
When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that's my religion.
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
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.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
I will prepare and some day my chance will come.
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.
The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time.
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
I'll prepare and someday my chance will come.
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.
I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.
Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
I will prepare and someday my chance will come.
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.