“ Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. Abraham Lincoln
“ In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. Abraham Lincoln
“ Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to to… Abraham Lincoln
“ Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is and the tree is the real thing. Abraham Lincoln
“ That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well. Abraham Lincoln
“ I desire to so conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end ... I have lost every friend on earth I shall have one friend left and that friend shall be down inside me. Abraham Lincoln
“ What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.[Lincoln's maxim and philosophy] Abraham Lincoln
“ I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God. Abraham Lincoln
“ The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both *may* be, and one *must* be, wrong. God cannot be *for* and *against* the same thing at th… Abraham Lincoln
“ If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work. Abraham Lincoln
“ In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares. The older have learned to ever expect it. I am anxious to afford some… Abraham Lincoln
“ Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan. Abraham Lincoln
