The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause which we deem to be just.

FIRST

You can fool some of the people all of the time, or all of the people some of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

SECOND

He has abundant talents—quite enough to occupy all his time without devoting any to temper.

THIRD

I do not argue—I beseech you to make the argument for yourself.

FOURTH

Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?

FIFTH

Lift artificial weights from all shoulders.

SIXTH

The purposes of the Lord are perfect and must prevail.

SEVENTH

Some people say they could not take very well to my proclamation, but now that I have the varioloid, I am happy to say I have something that everybody can take.

EIGHTH

Honest statesmanship is the employment of individual meannesses for the public good.

NINTH

Obey God's commandments.

TENTH

Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.

ELEVENTH

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

TWELFTH

There is but one duty now—to fight.

THIRTEENTH

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people.

FOURTEENTH

This, too, shall pass away: never fear.

FIFTEENTH

I am not afraid to die.

SIXTEENTH

I have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, to die by.

SEVENTEENTH

Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.

EIGHTEENTH

Give us a little more light, and a little less noise.

NINETEENTH

The wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man should have the means and opportunity of benefiting his condition.

TWENTIETH

I shall try to correct errors, when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views, so fast as they shall appear to be true views.

TWENTY-FIRST

There is nothing like getting used to things.

TWENTY-SECOND

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government—that is despotism.

TWENTY-THIRD

If they kill me, the next will be just as bad for them.

TWENTY-FOURTH

With Shakespeare the thought suffices.

TWENTY-FIFTH

As to the crazy folks—why, I must take my chances.

TWENTY-SIXTH

I think it more rare, if not more wise, for a public man to abstain from much speaking.

TWENTY-SEVENTH

At any rate, I will keep my part of the bargain.

TWENTY-EIGHTH

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.

TWENTY-NINTH

When the time comes, I shall take the ground I think is right.

THIRTIETH

Let the thing be pressed.

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