Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and under a just God cannot long retain it.

I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it...

The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honour or dishonour to the latest generation.

When you have got an elephant by the hind leg and he is trying to run away it is best to let him run.

Lets have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

In this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible except with time. You cannot now believe that you will ever feel better. But this is...

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

Every man over forty is responsible for his face.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.

If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.

Extemporaneous speaking should be practiced and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other respects, people are slow to bring him business if he...

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares. I have had experience enough to know what I say.

One company can serve some of your needs all of the time, or all of your needs some of the time, but never both.

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.

Must a government of necessity be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?

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 u...