War Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

He has got the slows, Mr. Blair.

— Abraham Lincoln

My God! My God! What will the country say?

— Abraham Lincoln

I can't spare this man, he fights!

— Abraham Lincoln

There' s nothing good in war. Except its ending.

— Abraham Lincoln

It's bad. It's damned bad.

— Abraham Lincoln

confused and Stunned, like a duck hit on the head.

— Abraham Lincoln

The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea.

— Abraham Lincoln

Care for him who shall have borne the battle

— Abraham Lincoln

“Anybody will do for you, but not for me. I must have somebody .”

— Abraham Lincoln

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

— Abraham Lincoln

[Uniting workers should not] lead to a war upon property, or the owners of property.

— Abraham Lincoln

In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.

— Abraham Lincoln

It must now atone in blood for its complicity in wickedness.

— Abraham Lincoln

I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.

— Abraham Lincoln

I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of.

— Abraham Lincoln

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.

— Abraham Lincoln

As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created…

— Abraham Lincoln

In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party.

— Abraham Lincoln

And then, there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and…

— Abraham Lincoln

You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight…

— Abraham Lincoln

It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Such will be a great lesson of peace: teaching men that what they cannot take by and election, neither can they take…

— Abraham Lincoln

Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was…

— Abraham Lincoln

I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of…

— Abraham Lincoln

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must…

— Abraham Lincoln

We must believe that He permits it [this war] for some wise purpose of his own, mysterious and unknown to us; and…

— Abraham Lincoln

Negro equality, Fudge!! How long in the Government of a God great enough to make and maintain this Universe, shall there continue…

— Abraham Lincoln

What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of…

— Abraham Lincoln

Through their deeds, the dead of battle have spoken more eloquently for themselves than any of the living ever could. But we…

— Abraham Lincoln

I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social…

— Abraham Lincoln

The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may…

— Abraham Lincoln

“At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office there is less occasion for an extended address than there…

— Abraham Lincoln

The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance.…

— Abraham Lincoln

My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion and you allow him…

— Abraham Lincoln

The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons:…

— Abraham Lincoln

We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the…

— Abraham Lincoln