Category Archives: Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln and Truth

Posted on by February 8, 2016

Abraham_Lincoln_2I can recall an occasion when I was called as an expert witness in a Federal case. I was sworn in and asked several questions, first to establish my credibility as an expert, then to elaborate on some conditions prevalent in the court case.

As I tried to answer all the questions, there came one witch I felt that I needed to explain the answer more completely. The judge leaned over and said: “That’s enough, Mr. Allen, you’ve answered the question.” I feel bad that I didn’t have the presence of mind to respond: “But I’ve been sworn in to tell the truth, the whole truth . . . and as yet I haven’t been able to explain the whole truth!” read more

Honest Abe and Liars

Posted on by January 29, 2016

Abraham_Lincoln_2Abraham Lincoln has been considered by some to be the greatest President America has had to date. Yes, he was great, but he was a lawyer after all. I still think that George Washington was the greatest overall. But I still love stories about honest Abe. Including this one:

“All of his clients knew that, with honest Abe as their lawyer, they would win their case—if it was fair; if not, that was a waste of time to take it to him. After listening one day to a would-be client’s statement, with eyes on the ceiling, Abe swung around in his chair and exclaimed: read more

Abe Lincoln’s Wit

Posted on by January 27, 2016

Abraham_Lincoln_2On Watter’s World on Fox news, one college man was asked to name the first President of the United States. The man answered: “Wasn’t that Abraham Lincoln?”

Abe, himself, would have laughed at such foolishness. Abe was a man who enjoyed some humor in his otherwise melancholy life. He was a lawyer after all.

About seven score years ago, two young men were having a quarrel, and there were signs that it would soon become serious. Abraham Lincoln, himself a young lawyer at the time, had an earnest desire for fair play. So he was called upon to decide the dispute. One of the combatants, who by the way, had been defeated by the decision, then boastfully threatened Lincoln, who had issued the decision. read more

The U. S. Constitution and Judges

Posted on by January 7, 2016

constitutionI have read the U.S. Constitution many times. I have never read anything in it that claims to have any jurisdiction over the civil condition or authority of marriage. And the Constitution does clearly state that what ever is not directly, by the words of that document, given authority to control or decide, is left to the States or to the People.

“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the People.” (Amendment X, The Constitution of the United States). read more

DON’T WORRY—BE HAPPY!

Posted on by November 30, 2015

Ben Franklin“We are all here for a spell; get all the laughs you can.” –Will Rogers

“With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh, I should die.” –Abraham Lincoln

“The human race has only one really effective weapon and that is laughter.” –Mark Twain

“One of the best things people can have up their sleeves is a funny bone!
–Richard L. Weaver, II (who?)

“Oh, I worry over this thing, and I worry over that
But I notice when the atmosphere has cleared,
That the bad luck I had looked for didn’t come and knock me flat.
And I didn’t have the trouble that I feared. read more