Abraham Lincoln Quotes

No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. My conscience is my own - my creators - not man's. I shall never sink the rights of mankind to the malice, wrong, or avarice of another's wishes, though those wishes come to me in the relation of client and attorney.

Abraham Lincoln

Quotes to Explore

We must strive to become good ancestors.

Ralph Nader
- Good
- Strive
- Ancestors
Inspired by Alex Haley's 'Roots,' at the age of 11 I began a handwritten Middle Passage story called 'Lawdy, Lawdy, Make Us Free.' I was raised by civil rights activists with a very strong sense of racial history and consciousness.

Tananarive Due
- History
- Age
- Free
I think punditry serves no purpose.

Nate Silver
- Think
- Purpose
- I Think
We'll always be fascinated by people who live above the law.

Wagner Moura
- People
- Live
- Law
I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.

Hans Rosling
- People
- Done
- Progress
At every election, my vote goes to the candidate less likely to declare war. You're dropping hugely expensive pieces of exploding metal on a population. America deserves the president it gets, whether the country votes for them or allows their vote to be stolen, and the least we can do is to elect someone who won't do that to other people.

Ian MacKaye
- People
- Country
- America