In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You must think I am a high-priced man.... Fifteen dollars is enough for the job. I send you a receipt for fifteen… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Negro equality, Fudge!! How long in the Government of a God great enough to make and maintain this Universe, shall there continue… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people to exclude slavery, voted down? Plainly enough now, the adoption of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Life may not always be a bed of roses. All of us are aware of this fact. There are numerous times in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You can have anything you want if you want it badly enough. You can be anything you want to be, do anything… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“I hope to stand firm enough not to go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.” — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent. I say this… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When I got him out he was near froze solid and shivering. He was shaking so hard that I wasted half a… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. My conscience is… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Submitted to the Sec. of War. On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I believe I shall never be old enough to speak without embarrassment when I have nothing to talk about. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You say men ought to be hung for the way they are executing the law; I say the way it is being… — 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