Famous quotations part 1

A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strenghtened nations in their hour of peril

A fanatic is one who cannot change his mind and will not change the subject

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats

A good conscience is a continual Christmas

In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me but it can stop him from lynching me and I think that is pretty important

Better remain silent and be thought a fool than speak out and remove all doubt

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbours to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough

All great things are simple and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honour, duty, mercy, hope

Altough prepared for martyrdom I prefered that it be postponed

All would live long but none would be old

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest

Let no man pull you low enough to hate him

We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools

Force is all-conquering but its victories are short-lived

He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all

At 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit ant 40 the judgment

Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good one