I shall be most happy indeed if I shall be an humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty, and of this… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If we know where we are and something about how we got there, we might see where we are trending - and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is bad to be poor. I shall go to the wall for bread and meat, if I neglect my business this… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already. It is but… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Towering genius...thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
[If not re-elected in 1864] then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I told myself, "Lincoln, you can never make a lawyer if you do not understand what demonstrate means." So I left my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have neither time nor disposition to enter into discussion with the Friend, and end this occasion by suggesting for her consideration… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let no young man choosing the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief -- resolve to be… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let none falter who thinks he is right, and we may succeed. But if, after all, we shall fail, be it so:… — 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
I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If a man will stand up and assert, and repeat and re-assert, that two and two do not make four, I know… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I certainly know that if the war fails, the administration fails, and that I will be blamed for it, whether I deserve… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A man has not the time to spend half his life in quarrels. If any man ceases to attack me, I never… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A good, real, unrestrained, hearty laugh is a sort of glorified internal massage, performed rapidly and automatically. It manipulates and revitalizes corners… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Being President is like the man who was tarred and feathered and ridden out of town on a rail... A man in… — 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