--- title: "12 Objects Quotes By Abraham Lincoln" description: "12 Objects quotes by Abraham Lincoln. Plus more from Abraham Lincoln and more Objects sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/abraham-lincoln-88_antiwar_kings-had-always-been-involving-and-impo_381807.jpg" --- > [Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/kings-had-always-been-involving-and-impoverishing-their-people-in/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/abraham-lincoln-88_antiwar_kings-had-always-been-involving-and-impo_381807.jpg) > [To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/to-secure-to-each-laborer-the-whole-product-of-his-labor-or-as-nearly/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/abraham-lincoln-88_good-government_to-secure-to-each-laborer-the-whole-prod_678007.png) > [You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/you-can-not-fail-in-any-laudable-object-unless-you-allow-your-mind-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/abraham-lincoln-88_can-not_you-can-not-fail-in-any-laudable-object_2168660.png) > [We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-accepted-this-war-for-an-object-a-worthy-object-and-the-war-will/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/502/abraham-lincoln-88_accepted_we-accepted-this-war-for-an-object-a-wor_2502287.png) > [Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/now-what-is-judge-douglas-popular-sovereignty-it-is-as-a-principle-no/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ac/abraham-lincoln-88_another-man_now-what-is-judge-douglas-popular-sovere_1267552.png) > [...I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution, and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated in accordance with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-exceedingly-anxious-that-this-union-the-constitution-and-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d0/abraham-lincoln-88_almighty_i-am-exceedingly-anxious-that-this-union_66448.jpg) > [As to your kind wishes for myself, allow me to say I can not enter the ring on the money basis--first, because,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/as-to-your-kind-wishes-for-myself-allow-me-to-say-i-can-not-enter-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/abraham-lincoln-88_bases_as-to-your-kind-wishes-for-myself-allow_177965.jpg) > [I think slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-think-slavery-is-wrong-morally-and-politically-i-desire-that-it/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/072/abraham-lincoln-88_desire_i-think-slavery-is-wrong-morally-and-pol_3010606.png) > [This is essentially a people's contest... whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/this-is-essentially-a-people-s-contest-whose-leading-object-is-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/abraham-lincoln-88_artificial_this-is-essentially-a-people-s-contest-w_1965660.png) > [ And, inasmuch \[as\] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/and-inasmuch-as-most-good-things-are-produced-by-labour-it-follows/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d72/abraham-lincoln-88_age_and-inasmuch-as-most-good-things-are-pro_200902.jpg) > [My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/my-paramount-object-in-this-struggle-is-to-save-the-union-and-is-not/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4e/abraham-lincoln-88_american-civil-war_my-paramount-object-in-this-struggle-is_154796.png) > [The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-provision-of-the-constitution-giving-the-war-making-power-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b28/abraham-lincoln-88_congress_the-provision-of-the-constitution-giving_1624596.jpg) ## Other authors on Objects ## More by Abraham Lincoln > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/elections-belong-to-the-people-it-s-their-decision-if-they-decide-to/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [ Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then \[these?\],… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/next-came-the-patent-laws-these-began-in-england-in-1624-and-in-this/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/all-that-i-am-or-ever-hope-to-be-i-owe-to-my-angel-mother/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/while-the-people-retain-their-virtue-and-vigilance-no-administration/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-could-not-have-slept-tonight-if-i-had-left-that-helpless-little/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/let-us-at-all-times-remember-that-all-american-citizens-are-brothers/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-you-wish-to-be-a-lawyer-attach-no-consequence-to-the-place-you-are/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/as-we-keep-or-break-the-sabbath-day-we-nobly-save-or-meanly-lose-the/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [Tell the truth and you won't have so much to remember](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/tell-the-truth-and-you-won-t-have-so-much-to-remember/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/with-high-hope-for-the-future-no-prediction-is-ventured/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-know-southern-men-declare-that-their-slaves-are-better-off-than/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-glad-to-see-that-a-system-of-labor-prevails-under-which-laborers/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-don-t-like-that-man-i-must-get-to-know-him-better/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/in-this-sad-world-of-ours-sorrow-comes-to-all-and-to-the-young-it/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) > [The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-man-does-not-live-who-is-more-devoted-to-peace-than-i-am-none-who/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/objects/abraham-lincoln/#itemlist", "name": "12 Objects Quotes By Abraham Lincoln", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/kings-had-always-been-involving-and-impoverishing-their-people-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/abraham-lincoln-88_antiwar_kings-had-always-been-involving-and-impo_381807.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/abraham-lincoln-88_antiwar_kings-had-always-been-involving-and-impo_381807.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/abraham-lincoln-88_antiwar_kings-had-always-been-involving-and-impo_381807.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always…” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/to-secure-to-each-laborer-the-whole-product-of-his-labor-or-as-nearly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/abraham-lincoln-88_good-government_to-secure-to-each-laborer-the-whole-prod_678007.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/abraham-lincoln-88_good-government_to-secure-to-each-laborer-the-whole-prod_678007.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/abraham-lincoln-88_good-government_to-secure-to-each-laborer-the-whole-prod_678007.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of…” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Abraham Lincoln" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/you-can-not-fail-in-any-laudable-object-unless-you-allow-your-mind-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/abraham-lincoln-88_can-not_you-can-not-fail-in-any-laudable-object_2168660.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/abraham-lincoln-88_can-not_you-can-not-fail-in-any-laudable-object_2168660.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/abraham-lincoln-88_can-not_you-can-not-fail-in-any-laudable-object_2168660.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.” — Abraham Lincoln", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. 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