Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
And I do further recommend to my fellow-citizens aforesaid, that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize with it. Let north and south… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Our strife pertains to ourselves-to the passing generations of men-and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If as the friends of colonization hope, the present and coming generations of our countrymen shall by any means, succeed in freeing… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
May our children and our children's children to a thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us by a united… — 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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