Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that 'while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons:… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In a certain sense, and to a certain extent, he [the president] is the representative of the people. He is elected by… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Now if you should hear any one say that Lincoln don't [sic] want to go to Congress, I wish you as a… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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