“You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence” — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.” — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Cling to liberty and right; battle fro them; leed for them; die for them, if need be; and have confidence in God. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Don't kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We were proclaiming ourselves political hypocrites before the world, by thus fostering Human Slavery and proclaiming ourselves, at the same time, the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am glad I made the late race. It gave me a hearing on the great and durable question of the age,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What constitutes the bulwark of our liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea-coasts, our army and our… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the people. Nothing but the very sternest necessity… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
"We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element of strength to those who had their… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Of our political revolution of '76, we all are justly proud. It has given us a degree of political freedom, far exceeding… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence? — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If ever this free people, if this Government itself is ever utterly demoralized, it will come from this incessant human wriggle and… — 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
And whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but, if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is your business to rise up and preserve the Union and liberty, for yourselves, and not for me. I desire they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.… — 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,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
He who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in that we give and what we… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want… — 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
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
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
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
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
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
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
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
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares.… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share
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