In law it is good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you can… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Without Divine assistance I can not succeed; with it I can not fail. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You can always lie to others and hide your actions from them... but you can not fool yourself — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
[If not re-elected in 1864] then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The enthusiastic uprising of the people in our cause, is our great reliance; and we can not safely give it any check,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
But the proclamation, as law, either is valid, or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction. If… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I know not how to aid you, save in the assurance of one of mature age, and much severe experience, that you… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still cannot… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As to your kind wishes for myself, allow me to say I can not enter the ring on the money basis--first, because,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I can not but hate the prospect of slavery's expansion. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond, and the surrender of the principal insurgent army, give hope of a righteous and speedy peace… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Near eighty years ago we began by declaring that all men are created equal; but now from that beginning we have run… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the… — 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
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