Again I admonish you not to be turned from your stern purpose of defending your beloved country and its free institutions by… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We should avoid planting and cultivating too many thorns in the bosom of society. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
He [Stephen Douglas] is blowing out the moral lights around us, when he contends that whoever wants slaves has a right to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You can please some of the people some of the time all of the people some of the time some of the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Here in my heart, my happiness, my house. Here inside the lighted window is my love, my hope, my life. Peace is… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I could write shorter sermons but when I get started I'm too lazy to stop — 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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