You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Our republican system was meant for a homogeneous people. As long as blacks continue to live with the whites they constitute a… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizen of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Negroes, like other people, act upon motives. Why should they do anything for us, if we will do nothing for them? If… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The petition of persons under eighteen, praying that I would free all slave children, and the heading of which petition it appears… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Singular indeed the people should be writhing under oppression and injury, and yet not one among them to be found, to raise… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
While I have often said that all men out to be free, yet I would allow those colored persons to be slaves… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I do not deny the possibility that the people may err in an election; but if they do, the true [cure] is… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am for the people of the whole nation doing just as they please in all matters which concern the whole nation;… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If the American people could learn what I know of the fierce hatred of the priests of Rome against our institutions, our… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I do not doubt that our country will finally come through safe and undivided. But do not misunderstand me... I do not… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The President to-night has a dream:He was in a party of plain people, and, as it became known who he was, they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It may be affirmed, without extravagance, that the free institutions we enjoy, have developed the powers, and improved the condition, of our… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The people know their rights, and they are never slow to assert and maintain them when they are invaded. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I ... ran for Legislature [in 1832] ... and was beaten-the only time I have been beaten by the people. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let the people on both sides keep their self-possession, and just as other clouds have cleared away in due time, so will… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The available supply of gold and silver being wholly inadequate to permit the issuance of coins of intrinsic value or paper currency… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In my entire life I have only met four "perfect" people... and I disliked them all. — 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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