No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I hold that while man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am like a man so busy in letting rooms in one end of his house, that he can't stop to put… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into… — 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
There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If a man had more than one life, I think a little hanging would not hurt this one; but after he is… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bondage, with no… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you… — 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
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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