The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? It is not...the guns of our war steamers, or the strength of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and… — 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
If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
My faith in the proposition that each man should do precisely as he pleases with all which is exclusively his own lies… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the Declaration of Independence that all should have an equal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery? — 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
Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views, and boldest action to bring it speedy relief. Once relieved, its… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“It is not in our forming battlements or bristling seacoasts, or our Army and Navy that makes America great - but rather… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What constitutes the bulwark of our liberty and independence? It is not our frowning battlements, our bristling sea-coasts, our army and our… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Thoughtful men must feel that the fate of civilization upon this continent is involved in the issue of our contest. Among the… — 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