I hear you have abolitionists here. We have a few in Illinois, but we shot one the other day. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
But I must add that the U.S. government must not, as by this order, undertake to run the churches. When an individual,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom; and that government of the people, by the people, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Government, possessing the power to create and issue currency and credit as money and enjoying the right to withdraw both currency and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more… — 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
