Enemy Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.

— Abraham Lincoln

I destroy my enemy if I make him my friend.

— Abraham Lincoln

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

— Abraham Lincoln

Do I not damage my enemies after i make them my close friends?

— Abraham Lincoln

The best way to get rid of your enemies is to make them your friends.

— Abraham Lincoln

Destroy your enemy by making him your friend.

— Abraham Lincoln

Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?

— Abraham Lincoln

The best time to stop a fight is before it starts. The best vitamin for developing friends is B1. The best way…

— Abraham Lincoln

The world shall know that I will keep my faith to friends and enemies, come what will.

— Abraham Lincoln

Military necessity does not admit of cruelty - that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge,…

— Abraham Lincoln

The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not…

— Abraham Lincoln

I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the…

— Abraham Lincoln

I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open…

— Abraham Lincoln

President Lincoln was once criticized for his attitude toward his enemies. "Why do you try to make friends of them?" asked an…

— Abraham Lincoln

We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man.…

— Abraham Lincoln

Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly, or indirectly, interfere with their slaves, or…

— Abraham Lincoln

The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more…

— Abraham Lincoln

When someone asked Abraham Lincoln, after he was elected president, what he was going to do about his enemies, he replied, "I…

— Abraham Lincoln

I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have.…

— Abraham Lincoln

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds…

— Abraham Lincoln

He will have to learn, I know, that all people are not just- that all men and women are not true. Teach…

— Abraham Lincoln

I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open…

— Abraham Lincoln

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