--- title: "23 Enemy Quotes By Abraham Lincoln" description: "23 Enemy quotes by Abraham Lincoln. Plus more from Abraham Lincoln and more Enemy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fb/abraham-lincoln-88_best-way_the-best-way-to-get-rid-of-your-enemies_1621960.png" --- > [The best way to get rid of your enemies is to make them your friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-best-way-to-get-rid-of-your-enemies-is-to-make-them-your-friends/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fb/abraham-lincoln-88_best-way_the-best-way-to-get-rid-of-your-enemies_1621960.png) > [Do I not damage my enemies after i make them my close friends?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/do-i-not-damage-my-enemies-after-i-make-them-my-close-friends/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/abraham-lincoln-88_close-friends_do-i-not-damage-my-enemies-after-i-make_1867531.png) > [Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/have-i-not-destroyed-my-enemy-when-i-have-made-him-into-my-friend/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/872/abraham-lincoln-88_destroyed_have-i-not-destroyed-my-enemy-when-i-hav_1510454.png) > [Destroy your enemy by making him your friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/destroy-your-enemy-by-making-him-your-friend/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/abraham-lincoln-88_destroy_destroy-your-enemy-by-making-him-your-fr_1177542.png) > [I destroy my enemy if I make him my friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-destroy-my-enemy-if-i-make-him-my-friend/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/abraham-lincoln-88_destroy_i-destroy-my-enemy-if-i-make-him-my-frie_850464.png) > [The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-loss-of-enemies-does-not-compensate-for-the-loss-of-friends/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/736/abraham-lincoln-88_doe_the-loss-of-enemies-does-not-compensate_1763144.png) > [The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-best-way-to-destroy-an-enemy-is-to-make-him-a-friend/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/165/abraham-lincoln-88_destroy_the-best-way-to-destroy-an-enemy-is-to-m_2947667.png) > [The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-man-who-stands-by-and-says-nothing-when-the-peril-of-his/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/abraham-lincoln-88_can-not_the-man-who-stands-by-and-says-nothing-w_837581.png) > [I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-do-not-think-i-could-myself-be-brought-to-support-a-man-for-office-2/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/abraham-lincoln-88_enemy_i-do-not-think-i-could-myself-be-brought_2501962.png) > [I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-have-two-great-enemies-the-southern-army-in-front-of-me-and-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/abraham-lincoln-88_army_i-have-two-great-enemies-the-southern-ar_1355952.png) > [The best time to stop a fight is before it starts. The best vitamin for developing friends is B1. The best way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-best-time-to-stop-a-fight-is-before-it-starts-the-best-vitamin/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/152/abraham-lincoln-88_best-time_the-best-time-to-stop-a-fight-is-before_2189617.png) > [Military necessity does not admit of cruelty - that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/military-necessity-does-not-admit-of-cruelty-that-is-the-infliction/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/abraham-lincoln-88_confession_military-necessity-does-not-admit-of-cru_2226976.jpg) > [The world shall know that I will keep my faith to friends and enemies, come what will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-world-shall-know-that-i-will-keep-my-faith-to-friends-and-enemies/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a99/abraham-lincoln-88_enemy_the-world-shall-know-that-i-will-keep-my_2528818.png) > [I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-never-encourage-deceit-and-falsehood-especially-if-you-have-got-a/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b63/abraham-lincoln-88_bad-memories_i-never-encourage-deceit-and-falsehood-e_1117563.png) > [When someone asked Abraham Lincoln, after he was elected president, what he was going to do about his enemies, he replied, "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/when-someone-asked-abraham-lincoln-after-he-was-elected-president/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f1/abraham-lincoln-88_abraham_when-someone-asked-abraham-lincoln-after_1799265.png) > [The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-money-power-preys-on-the-nation-in-times-of-peace-and-conspires/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/abraham-lincoln-88_adversity_the-money-power-preys-on-the-nation-in-t_2676986.jpg) > [Do the people of the South really entertain fears that a Republican administration would, directly, or indirectly, interfere with their slaves, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/do-the-people-of-the-south-really-entertain-fears-that-a-republican/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/702/abraham-lincoln-88_administration_do-the-people-of-the-south-really-entert_646120.png) > [He will have to learn, I know, that all people are not just- that all men and women are not true. Teach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/he-will-have-to-learn-i-know-that-all-people-are-not-just-that-all/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/abraham-lincoln-88_bullies_he-will-have-to-learn-i-know-that-all-pe_1060805.png) > [We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-are-not-enemies-but-friends-we-must-not-be-enemies-though-passion/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d4/abraham-lincoln-88_affection_we-are-not-enemies-but-friends-we-must-n_307362.png) > [We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-have-as-all-will-agree-a-free-government-where-every-man-has-a/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/975/abraham-lincoln-88_agree_we-have-as-all-will-agree-a-free-governm_1577860.png) > [President Lincoln was once criticized for his attitude toward his enemies. "Why do you try to make friends of them?" asked an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/president-lincoln-was-once-criticized-for-his-attitude-toward-his/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/abraham-lincoln-88_associates_president-lincoln-was-once-criticized-fo_1761779.png) > [I do not think I could myself, be brought to support a man for office, whom I knew to be an open…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-do-not-think-i-could-myself-be-brought-to-support-a-man-for-office/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cff/abraham-lincoln-88_church_i-do-not-think-i-could-myself-be-brought_1867397.png) > [I can not but hate the prospect of slavery's expansion. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-can-not-but-hate-the-prospect-of-slavery-s-expansion-i-hate-it/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/abraham-lincoln-88_can-not_i-can-not-but-hate-the-prospect-of-slave_1185337.png) ## Other authors on Enemy - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sun-tzu-87907.jpg) Sun Tzu 188 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/sun-tzu/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 48 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-w-bush-38036.jpg) George W. Bush 42 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/george-w-bush/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 38 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-napoleon-bonaparte-70192.jpg) Napoleon Bonaparte 37 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/napoleon-bonaparte/) - [Martin Luther King, Jr 35 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/martin-luther-king-jr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mahatma-gandhi-62675.jpg) Mahatma Gandhi 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/mahatma-gandhi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-george-orwell-37887.jpg) George Orwell 29 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/george-orwell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-jefferson-90435.jpg) Thomas Jefferson 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/thomas-jefferson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 28 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/dalai-lama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherrilyn-kenyon-84925.jpg) Sherrilyn Kenyon 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/sherrilyn-kenyon/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/enemy/william-shakespeare/) ## 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/enemy/abraham-lincoln/#itemlist", "name": "23 Enemy Quotes By Abraham Lincoln", "numberOfItems": 23, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The best way to get rid of your enemies is to make them your friends.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-best-way-to-get-rid-of-your-enemies-is-to-make-them-your-friends/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fb/abraham-lincoln-88_best-way_the-best-way-to-get-rid-of-your-enemies_1621960.png", "contentUrl": 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