Exactly as in time of war courage is the cardinal virtue of the soldier, so in time of peace, honesty, using the word in its deepest and broadest significance, is the essential basic virtue, without which all else avails nothing.
Remarks in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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A broken promise is bad enough in private life. It is worse in the field of politics.
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