May Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration.

— Abraham Lincoln

Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.

— Abraham Lincoln

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

— Abraham Lincoln

Liquor may have its defenders, but it has no defense.

— Abraham Lincoln

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

— Abraham Lincoln

Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.

— Abraham Lincoln

Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without a man to help her

— Abraham Lincoln

Again, a law may be both constitutional and expedient, and yet may be administered in an unjust and unfair way.

— Abraham Lincoln

That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.

— Abraham Lincoln

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be…

— Abraham Lincoln

I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to…

— Abraham Lincoln

We shall not fail - if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but,…

— Abraham Lincoln

Upon the subject of education ... I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as…

— Abraham Lincoln

It may be affirmed, without extravagance, that the free institutions we enjoy, have developed the powers, and improved the condition, of our…

— Abraham Lincoln

The President responded very impressively, saying that he was deeply sensible of his need of Divine assistance. He had sometime thought that…

— Abraham Lincoln

The good old maxims of the Bible are applicable, and truly applicable to human affairs, and in this as in other things,…

— Abraham Lincoln

My friends I now leave, not knowing when, or whether ever, I may return, with a task before me greater than that…

— Abraham Lincoln

There is an important sense in which government is distinctive from administration. One is perpetual, the other is temporary and changeable. A…

— Abraham Lincoln

A husband and wife may be divorced and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other, but the…

— Abraham Lincoln

A man watches his pear-tree day after day, impatient for the ripening of the fruit. Let him attempt to force the process,…

— Abraham Lincoln

The foregoing history may not be precisely accurate in every particular; but I am sure it is sufficiently so, for all the…

— Abraham Lincoln

I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the…

— Abraham Lincoln

Life may not always be a bed of roses. All of us are aware of this fact. There are numerous times in…

— Abraham Lincoln

I do not wish to be misunderstood upon this subject of slavery in this country. I suppose it may long exist, and…

— Abraham Lincoln

The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance.…

— Abraham Lincoln

The available supply of gold and silver being wholly inadequate to permit the issuance of coins of intrinsic value or paper currency…

— Abraham Lincoln

Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil,…

— Abraham Lincoln

I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free states, due to the Union of the states, and…

— Abraham Lincoln

The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may…

— Abraham Lincoln

I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the…

— Abraham Lincoln

The written word may be man's greatest invention. It allows us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn.

— Abraham Lincoln

The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance.

— Abraham Lincoln

You may have a wen or a cancer upon your person and not be able to cut it out lest you bleed…

— Abraham Lincoln

I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement…

— Abraham Lincoln

Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but, if she shall, be it my proudest plume, not…

— Abraham Lincoln

We hope all danger may be overcome; but to conclude that no danger may ever arise would itself be extremely dangerous.

— Abraham Lincoln

That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

— Abraham Lincoln

May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.

— Abraham Lincoln

A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which…

— Abraham Lincoln

Our political problem now is, "Can we as a nation continue together permanently - forever - half slave and half free?"

— Abraham Lincoln