10000+ Motivational and Inspiring Quotes About Life, Love & Success

When I was born I was so ugly

the doctor slapped my mother.

War

An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy,

to accomplish our will.

The time is near at hand which must determine

whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

I walk on untrodden ground.

There is scarcely any part of my conduct,

which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

The basis of our political system is the right of

the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

If we desire to avoid insult,

we must be able to repel it;

if we desire to secure peace,

one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity,

it must be known,

that we are at all times ready for War.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone,

and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being.

My observation is that

whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty...

it is worse executed by two persons,

and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress;

therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken

until after they shall have deliberated

upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

Mankind,

when left to themselves,

are unfit for their own government.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

The foolish and wicked practice of profane

cursing and swearing is a vice so mean

and low that every person of sense

and character detests and despises it.

To be prepared for war is

one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations.

Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Truth will ultimately prevail where

there is pains to bring it to light.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

If the freedom of speech is taken

away then dumb and silent we may be led,

like sheep to the slaughter.