Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new after all. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man. All the good from The Savior of the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Let [the Constitution] be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges, let it be written in primers, in spelling books and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am absent altogether too much to be a suitable instructor for a law-student. When a man has reached the age that… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with;… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already. It is but… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I told myself, "Lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." So I left my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap. Let it… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Dear Sir: Yours of the 24th. asking 'the best mode of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the law' is received. The mode… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Its authors meant it to be... a stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn a free people… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war! — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares.… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share