Ready are we all to cry out and ascribe motives when our toes are pinched. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security ultimately will lose both. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The press has no better friend than I am, no one who is more ready to acknowledge . . . its tremendous… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I trust that as He shall further open the way, I will be ready to walk therein, relying on His help and… — 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
When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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 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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