--- title: "11 Administration Quotes By Abraham Lincoln" description: "11 Administration quotes by Abraham Lincoln. Plus more from Abraham Lincoln and more Administration sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_while-the-people-retain-their-virtue-and_2970.jpg" --- > [While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/while-the-people-retain-their-virtue-and-vigilance-no-administration/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_while-the-people-retain-their-virtue-and_2970.jpg) > [Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/should-my-administration-prove-to-be-a-very-wicked-one-or-a-very/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_should-my-administration-prove-to-be-a-v_326457.png) > [When I lay down the reins of this administration, I want to have one friend left. And that friend is myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/when-i-lay-down-the-reins-of-this-administration-i-want-to-have-one/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_when-i-lay-down-the-reins-of-this-admini_1345232.png) > [I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-desire-so-to-conduct-the-affairs-of-this-administration-that-if-at/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d7/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_i-desire-so-to-conduct-the-affairs-of-th_1319858.png) > [I certainly know that if the war fails, the administration fails, and that I will be blamed for it, whether I deserve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-certainly-know-that-if-the-war-fails-the-administration-fails-and/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_i-certainly-know-that-if-the-war-fails-t_2254385.png) > [Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/fellow-citizens-we-cannot-escape-history-we-of-this-congress-and-this/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af9/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_fellow-citizens-we-cannot-escape-history_144626.jpg) > [There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/there-is-an-important-sense-in-which-government-is-distinctive-from/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/543/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_there-is-an-important-sense-in-which-gov_3108971.png) > [No organic law can ever be framed with a provision specifically applicable to every question which may occur in practical administration. ..…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/no-organic-law-can-ever-be-framed-with-a-provision-specifically/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_no-organic-law-can-ever-be-framed-with-a_1259348.png) > [Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly, or indirectly, interfere with their slaves, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/do-the-people-of-the-south-really-entertain-fears-that-a-republican/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_do-the-people-of-the-south-really-entert_646120.png) > [Nevertheless, amid the greatest difficulties of my Administration, when I could not see any other resort, I would place my whole reliance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/nevertheless-amid-the-greatest-difficulties-of-my-administration-when/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e05/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_nevertheless-amid-the-greatest-difficult_1979505.png) > [By adoption of these principles, the long-felt want for a uniform medium will be satisfied. The taxpayers will be saved immense sums…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/by-adoption-of-these-principles-the-long-felt-want-for-a-uniform/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e43/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_by-adoption-of-these-principles-the-long_1334409.png) ## Other authors on Administration - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 61 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/donald-trump/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 36 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-elliott-abrams-32793.jpg) Elliott Abrams 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/elliott-abrams/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alexander-hamilton-10963.jpg) Alexander Hamilton 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/alexander-hamilton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-j-clinton-95571.jpg) William J. Clinton 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/william-j-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paul-ryan-74142.jpg) Paul Ryan 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/paul-ryan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jay-leno-47716.jpg) Jay Leno 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/jay-leno/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-ted-cruz-89212.jpg) Ted Cruz 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/ted-cruz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/thomas-jefferson/) ## More by Abraham Lincoln > [Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/elections-belong-to-the-people-it-s-their-decision-if-they-decide-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [ Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then \[these?\],… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/next-came-the-patent-laws-these-began-in-england-in-1624-and-in-this/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/all-that-i-am-or-ever-hope-to-be-i-owe-to-my-angel-mother/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/while-the-people-retain-their-virtue-and-vigilance-no-administration/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-could-not-have-slept-tonight-if-i-had-left-that-helpless-little/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/let-us-at-all-times-remember-that-all-american-citizens-are-brothers/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-you-wish-to-be-a-lawyer-attach-no-consequence-to-the-place-you-are/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/as-we-keep-or-break-the-sabbath-day-we-nobly-save-or-meanly-lose-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [Tell the truth and you won't have so much to remember](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/tell-the-truth-and-you-won-t-have-so-much-to-remember/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/with-high-hope-for-the-future-no-prediction-is-ventured/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-know-southern-men-declare-that-their-slaves-are-better-off-than/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-glad-to-see-that-a-system-of-labor-prevails-under-which-laborers/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-don-t-like-that-man-i-must-get-to-know-him-better/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/in-this-sad-world-of-ours-sorrow-comes-to-all-and-to-the-young-it/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-man-does-not-live-who-is-more-devoted-to-peace-than-i-am-none-who/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/administration/abraham-lincoln/#itemlist", "name": "11 Administration Quotes By Abraham Lincoln", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in the short space of four years.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/while-the-people-retain-their-virtue-and-vigilance-no-administration/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_while-the-people-retain-their-virtue-and_2970.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_while-the-people-retain-their-virtue-and_2970.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6db/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_while-the-people-retain-their-virtue-and_2970.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or…” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves and the Constitution, there is little harm I can do, thank God.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/should-my-administration-prove-to-be-a-very-wicked-one-or-a-very/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_should-my-administration-prove-to-be-a-v_326457.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_should-my-administration-prove-to-be-a-v_326457.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba9/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_should-my-administration-prove-to-be-a-v_326457.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true…” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I lay down the reins of this administration, I want to have one friend left. 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