Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always;… — 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
I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while… — 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;… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
But the proclamation, as law, either is valid, or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction. If… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole qualification for membership, the Savior's condensed statement of the substance of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. My conscience is… — 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… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let reverence for the laws be breathed by every American mother to the lisping babe that prattles on her lap - let… — 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