Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence? — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The human mind is impelled to action, or held in rest by some power, over which the mind itself has no control. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The point - the power to hurt - of all figures lies in the truthfulness of their application. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles - the oppression of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have had so many evidences of [God's] direction, so many instances when I have been controlled by some other power than… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
For my part, I desire to see the time when education - and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry -… — 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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