If we do not make common cause to save the good old ship of the Union on this voyage, nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage.
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If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution—certainly would if such a right were a vital one.
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.
It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights would be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in the Declaration of Independence. . . . I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
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If you don't know where you are going, any road will take you there.
Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served.
Dying is nothing. What is terrible is not to live.
The same power that rose Christ from the dead, is living inside of you.
By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination.
I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.
What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in the state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.
We know of no culture that has said, articulately, that there is no difference between men and women except in the way they contribute to the creation of the next generation.
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
