#least

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

#affairs #conduct #desire #down #earth

It is perfectly true that that government is best which governs least. It is equally true that that government is best which provides most. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#equally #government #governs #least #most

The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the foolish courtier, whom the king can least afford to lose. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

#best #court #ear #fool #foolish

To be sure, the United States has profound problems, not least our faltering educational and physical infrastructure. ↗

— Eric Liu

#infrastructure #least #our #physical #problems

In the case of the armies at Fredericksburg it would have been, to say the least, very hazardous to give counter-attack, the Federal position being about as strong as ours from which we had driven them back. ↗

— James Longstreet

#armies #back #been #being #case

On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

#both #distrust #issue #least #men

Growing up, I thought I'd have at least five kids. ↗

— Minnie Driver

#growing #growing up #i #kids #least

God has given such brave soldiers to this Crown that, if they do not frighten our neighbours, at least they prevent us from being frightened by them. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#brave #brave soldiers #crown #frighten #frightened

You have to write a good score that you feel good about. At least, you're supposed to. But, if the director hates it, it ain't going to be in the movie! ↗

— Danny Elfman

#director #feel #feel good #going #good

I am not bored at all. I am not bored in the least. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

#bored #i #i am #least