(218 quotes found)
“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.”
Abraham Lincoln
“It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.”
“Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail”
“Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world.”
“The world will little note nor long remember what we say here.”
“No law is stronger than is the public sentiment where it is to be enforced.”
“The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain, and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use”
“Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest”
“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.”
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
