Politics Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

Let reverence for the laws . . . become the political religion of the nation.

— Abraham Lincoln

In all that people can do for themselves, government ought not to interfere.

— Abraham Lincoln

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.

— Abraham Lincoln

It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going.

— Abraham Lincoln

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

— Abraham Lincoln

My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.

— Abraham Lincoln

Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest.

— Abraham Lincoln

. . . peace is a thing which a person must be willing to fight for . . .

— Abraham Lincoln

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time,…

— Abraham Lincoln

“The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation is the philosophy of government in the next.”

— Abraham Lincoln

I am struggling to maintain the government, not to overthrow it. I am struggling especially to prevent others from overthrowing it.

— Abraham Lincoln

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

— Abraham Lincoln

Now, and ever, I shall do all in my power for peace, consistently with the maintenance of government.

— Abraham Lincoln

The political horizon looks dark and lowering; but the people, under Providence, will set all right.

— Abraham Lincoln

The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and…

— Abraham Lincoln

Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good.

— Abraham Lincoln

I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are…

— Abraham Lincoln

We must settle this question now -- whether in a free government the minority have the right to break it up whenever…

— Abraham Lincoln

A house divided against itself cannot stand." I believe this government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not…

— Abraham Lincoln

As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by interest, and next no one left…

— Abraham Lincoln

It is my ambition and desire to so administer the affairs of the government while I remain President that if at the…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses; and [Zachary] Taylor like others, found thorns within it.…

— Abraham Lincoln

The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from…

— 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

I agree with you, Mr. Chairman, that the working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Government should create, issue, and circulate all the currency and credits needed to satisfy the spending power of the Government and…

— Abraham Lincoln

I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruit of his labor, so far…

— Abraham Lincoln

Most governments have been based, practically, on the denial of equal rights of menours began, by affirming those rights. They said, some…

— Abraham Lincoln

That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now is not much to be wondered…

— Abraham Lincoln

And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves…

— Abraham Lincoln

Senator [Stephen] Douglas is of world-wide renown. All the anxious politicians of his party, or who have been of his party for…

— Abraham Lincoln

“I consider the central idea pervading this struggle is the necessity that is upon us, of proving that popular govenment is not…

— Abraham Lincoln

“By such examples, by instances of the perpetrators of such acts going unpunished, the lawless in spirit, are encouraged to become lawless…

— Abraham Lincoln

Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

— Abraham Lincoln

Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".

— Abraham Lincoln

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

— Abraham Lincoln

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

— Abraham Lincoln

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens.

— Abraham Lincoln

The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative…

— Abraham Lincoln

To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any…

— Abraham Lincoln