True line Quotes

The government is us;

we are the government,

you and I.

If there should prove to be one real,

living Free State Democrat in Kansas,

I suggest that it might be well to catch him and stuff

and preserve his skin as an interesting specimen of

that soon to be extinct variety of the genus Democrat.

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun,

the moon, and the truth.

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.

I know where I'm going and I know the truth,

and I don't have to be what you want me to be.

I'm free to be what I want

We hold these truths to be self

evident,

that all men are created equal...

— The Declaration of Independence (1776)

When we realize the value of each soul,

we will act differently.

I have always hated slavery, I think,

as much as any abolitionist.

I have been an Old Line Whig.

I have always hated it,

but I have always been quiet about it until

this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.

When we remember we are all mad,

the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.

We are just trying to make tools for people.

It’s just amazing what a little enthusiasm can do.

Let reverence for the laws be breathed by

every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap

let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges;

let it be written in primers, spelling books, and in almanacs;

let it be preached from the pulpit,

proclaimed in legislative halls,

and enforced in courts of justice.

Public sentiment is everything.

With public sentiment,

nothing can fail.

Without it,

nothing can succeed.

Don’t follow the path.

Go where there is no path and begin the trail.

My hair grows and grows;

you cannot stop it

that fellow grows,

it grows wild.

That’s one small step for man,

one giant leap for mankind.

If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground.

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.

If people wanted you to do well,

they would’ve supported you.

An escalator can never break:

it can only become stairs.