I have talked with great men, and I do not see how they differ from others. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Among the friends of Union, there is great diversity of sentiment and of policy in regard to slavery and the African race… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I learned a great many years ago that in a fight between husband and wife, a third party should never get between… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is rather for us here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say, for one, that I… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I go to assume a task more difficult than that which devolved upon Washington. Unless the great God, who assisted him, shall… — 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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