I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and under a just God cannot long retain it.
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.
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new so we must think anew and act anew...
No man was to be eulogized for what he did; or censured for what he did or did not do. All of us are the children of conditions, of circumstances, of environment, of education, of acquired habits and...
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
Gold is good in its place; but loving, brave, patriotic men are better than gold.
If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely a...
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain it.
The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honour or dishonour to the latest generation.
If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him.
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 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...
I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
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.
But for this book we could not know right from wrong.
My greatest concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are concerned with your failure.
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
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...