"Law is nothing else but the best..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
Law is nothing else but the best reason of wise men applied for ages to the transactions and business of mankind.
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“I think I stand where that man stands.”
“Twenty-two years ago Judge [then-Senator Stephen] Douglas and I first became acquainted. We were both young then; he a trifle younger than I. Even then, we were both ambitious; I, perhaps, quite as much so as he. With me, the race of ambition has been a failure--a flat failure; with him it has been one of splendid success.”
“Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented; and there is nothing I can imagine that would make me more unhappy than to fail in the effort.”
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“We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.”
“I just usually go with my own taste. If I like something, and it happens to be against the law, well, then I might have a problem.”
“No police officer could compel a satyagrahi to give evidence against a person who has confessed to him. A satyagrahi would never be guilty of a betrayal of trust.”
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“Sincerity is not a test of truth. We must not make this mistake: He must be right; he's so sincere. Because, it is possible to be sincerely wrong. We can only judge truth by truth and sincerity by sincerity.”
“Know the philosophy, know the details, and ignore everything in the middle.”
“Only the shallow know themselves.”