Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.
The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.
With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds.
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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.
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.