Thought for the Day

“If I am killed, I can die but once;
but to live in constant dread of it,
is to die over and over again.”

~ Abraham Lincoln

Thought for the Day

“Hypocrite: the man who murdered both his parents…
pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.”

~ Abraham Lincoln

“When I do good, I feel good.
When I do bad, I feel bad.
That’s my religion.”

~ Abraham Lincoln

“Labor is prior to,
and independent of, capital.
Capital is only the fruit of labor,
and could never have existed
if labor had not first existed.
Labor is the superior of capital,
and deserves much the higher consideration.”

~ Abraham Lincoln

“What is conservatism?
Is it not the adherence to the old and tried
against the new and untried?”

~ Abraham Lincoln

Thought for Today

“I never had a policy;
I have just tried
to do my very best
each and every day.”

~ Abraham Lincoln

Thought for the Day

“I see in the near future
a crisis approaching that unnerves me
and causes me to tremble
for the safety of my country. . . .
Corporations have been enthroned,
an era of corruption in high places will follow,
and the money-power of the country
will endeavor to prolong its reign
by working upon the prejudices
of the people until the wealth
is aggregated in a few hands
and the Republic is destroyed.”

~ Abraham Lincoln
[1864]