But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“I was a little cross.I ask pardon. If I do get up a little temper I have no sufficient time to keep… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It behooves us, then, to humble ourselves before the Offended power, to confess our national sins, and pray for clemency and forgiveness. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Gen. Schurz thinks I was a little cross in my late note to you. If I was, I ask pardon. If I… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done wrong.It rejects the Christian principle of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
No one has needed favours more than I, and generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“No man was to be eulogized for what he did; or censured for what he did or did not do. All of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bondage, with no… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let… — 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
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