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title: "108 Politics Quotes By Abraham Lincoln"
description: "Politics quotes by Abraham Lincoln on vigilance, facts, and land for the poor."
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> [. . . peace is a thing which a person must be willing to fight for . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/peace-is-a-thing-which-a-person-must-be-willing-to-fight-for/)

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> [Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/wanting-to-work-is-so-rare-a-merit-that-it-should-be-encouraged/)

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> [Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/democracy-is-government-of-by-and-for-the-people/)

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> [The ballot is stronger than the bullet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-ballot-is-stronger-than-the-bullet/)

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> [In all that people can do for themselves, government ought not to interfere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/in-all-that-people-can-do-for-themselves-government-ought-not-to/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Let reverence for the laws . . . become the political religion of the nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/let-reverence-for-the-laws-become-the-political-religion-of-the-nation/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-here-highly-resolve-that-these-dead-shall-not-have-died-in-vain-2/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/it-is-much-easier-to-ride-a-horse-in-the-direction-it-is-going/)

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> [Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/our-government-rests-in-public-opinion-whoever-can-change-public/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-all-men-were-just-there-still-would-be-some-though-not-so-much/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [The problem with a politician’s quote on Facebook is you don’t know whether or not they really said it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-problem-with-a-politician-s-quote-on-facebook-is-you-don-t-know/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/a-statesman-is-he-who-thinks-in-the-future-generations-and-a/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-working-men-are-the-basis-of-all-governments-for-the-plain-reason/)

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> [Our political problem now is, "Can we as a nation continue together permanently - forever - half slave and half free?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/our-political-problem-now-is-can-we-as-a-nation-continue-together/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-philosophy-of-the-school-room-in-one-generation-will-be-the/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-government-will-support-you-to-the-utmost-of-its-ability-which-is/)

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> [I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-appeal-to-all-loyal-citizens-to-favor-facilitate-and-aid-this/)

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> [Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/prohibition-goes-beyond-the-bounds-of-reason-in-that-it-attempts-to/)

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> [We can not have free government without elections; and if the rebellion could force us to forego, or postpone a national election…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-can-not-have-free-government-without-elections-and-if-the/)

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> [I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-shall-not-do-more-than-i-can-and-i-shall-do-all-i-can-to-save-the/)

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> [The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-money-power-preys-on-the-nation-in-times-of-peace-and-conspires/)

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> [Our popular government has often been called an experiment. Two points in it our people have already settled, the successful establishing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/our-popular-government-has-often-been-called-an-experiment-two-points/)

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> [It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/it-has-long-been-a-grave-question-whether-any-government-not-too/)

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> [I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-don-t-believe-in-a-law-to-prevent-a-man-from-getting-rich-it-would/)

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> [No duty is more imperative for the government than the duty it ;owes the people to furnish them with a sound and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/no-duty-is-more-imperative-for-the-government-than-the-duty-it-owes/)

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> [Of our political revolution of '76, we all are justly proud. It has given us a degree of political freedom, far exceeding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/of-our-political-revolution-of-76-we-all-are-justly-proud-it-has/)

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> [Received as I am by the members of a legislature the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/received-as-i-am-by-the-members-of-a-legislature-the-majority-of-whom/)

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> [I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is physical difference between the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-have-no-purpose-to-introduce-political-and-social-equality-between/)

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> [In using the strong hand, as now compelled to do, the government has a difficult duty to perform. At the very best,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/in-using-the-strong-hand-as-now-compelled-to-do-the-government-has-a/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [By adoption of these principles, the long-felt want for a uniform medium will be satisfied. The taxpayers will be saved immense sums…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/by-adoption-of-these-principles-the-long-felt-want-for-a-uniform/)

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> [“By such examples, by instances of the perpetrators of such acts going unpunished, the lawless in spirit, are encouraged to become lawless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/by-such-examples-by-instances-of-the-perpetrators-of-such-acts-going/)

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> [Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/democracy-is-the-government-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people/)

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> [My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/my-politics-are-short-and-sweet-like-the-old-woman-s-dance/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/politics-as-a-trade-finds-most-and-leaves-nearly-all-dishonest/)

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> [Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/government-of-the-people-by-the-people-for-the-people-shall-not/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Study the Constitution. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislatures, and enforced in courts of justice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/study-the-constitution-let-it-be-preached-from-the-pulpit-proclaimed/)

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> [What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/what-is-conservatism-is-it-not-adherence-to-the-old-and-tried-against/)

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> [It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/it-is-safe-to-assert-that-no-government-proper-ever-had-a-provision/)

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## 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/)

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> [ 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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                        "text": "Of our political revolution of '76, we all are justly proud. It has given us a degree of political freedom, far exceeding that of any other nation of the earth. In it the world has found a solution of the long mooted problem, as to the capability of man to govern himself. In it was the germ which has vegetated, and still is to grow and expand into the universal liberty of mankind.",
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                        "text": "Received as I am by the members of a legislature the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments, I trust that I may have their assistance in piloting the ship of state through this voyage, surrounded by perils as it is; for if it should suffer wreck now, there will be no pilot ever needed for another voyage.",
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