When I go hear a man speak, I like to hear him speak like he's fighting a swarm of bees. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always;… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
. . . peace is a thing which a person must be willing to fight for . . . — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Freedom is the natural condition of the human race, in which the Almighty intended men to live. Those who fight the purpose… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As long as the Almighty permitted intelligent men, created in his image and likeness, to fight in public and kill each other… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I cannot speak so confidently about the fighting qualities of the Eastern men, or what are called Yankees - not knowing myself… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The time has come when I am for everybody fighting the rebels. Let Indians fight them; let the Negroes fight them; and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The best time to stop a fight is before it starts. The best vitamin for developing friends is B1. The best way… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
IF you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But, if you are going to negotiate, don't let… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I belive that people should fight for what they believe and only what they believe. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
There was the strangest combination of church influence against me. Baker is a Campbellite; and therefore, as I suppose with few exceptions,… — 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