--- title: "8 Deny Quotes By Abraham Lincoln" description: "8 Deny quotes by Abraham Lincoln. Plus more from Abraham Lincoln and more Deny sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/abraham-lincoln-88_ambition_it-is-to-deny-what-the-history-of-the-wo_492927.png" --- > [It is to deny, what the history of the world tells us is true, to suppose that men of ambition and talents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/it-is-to-deny-what-the-history-of-the-world-tells-us-is-true-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/abraham-lincoln-88_ambition_it-is-to-deny-what-the-history-of-the-wo_492927.png) > [Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under the rule of a just God, cannot long retain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/those-who-deny-freedom-to-others-deserve-it-not-for-themselves-and/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/abraham-lincoln-88_cannot_those-who-deny-freedom-to-others-deserve_1146651.png) > [My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/my-father-taught-me-to-work-but-not-to-love-it-i-never-did-like-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a1/abraham-lincoln-88_cracks_my-father-taught-me-to-work-but-not-to-l_2100111.jpg) > [“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/those-who-deny-freedom-to-others-deserve-it-not-for-themselves-and-2/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a94/abraham-lincoln-88_deny_those-who-deny-freedom-to-others-deserve_2188043.png) > [Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/those-who-deny-freedom-to-others-deserve-it-not-for-themselves/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/841/abraham-lincoln-88_4th-of-july_those-who-deny-freedom-to-others-deserve_2542920.png) > [I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too, may be; bow to it I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-can-not-deny-that-all-may-be-swept-away-broken-by-it-i-too-may-be/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/abraham-lincoln-88_adversity_i-can-not-deny-that-all-may-be-swept-awa_2565189.png) > [Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them. To deny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/men-are-not-flattered-by-being-shown-that-there-has-been-a-difference-2/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88e/abraham-lincoln-88_almighty_men-are-not-flattered-by-being-shown-tha_2767840.png) > [ I do not deny the possibility that the people may err in an election; but if they do, the true \[cure\] is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-do-not-deny-the-possibility-that-the-people-may-err-in-an-election/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/abraham-lincoln-88_cures_i-do-not-deny-the-possibility-that-the-p_2852062.png) ## Other authors on Deny ## 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/deny/abraham-lincoln/#itemlist", "name": "8 Deny Quotes By Abraham Lincoln", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is to deny, what the history of the world tells us is true, to suppose that men of ambition and talents will not continue to spring up amongst us. 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