How many times have I laughed at you telling me plainly that I was too lazy to be anything but a lawyer. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
One company can serve some of your needs all of the time, or all of your needs some of the time, but… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As the problems are new, we must disenthrall ourselves from the past. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.' — 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
It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You can please some of the people some of the time all of the people some of the time some of the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If the union of these States, and the liberties of this people, shall be lost, it is but little to any one… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The time has come when I am for everybody fighting the rebels. Let Indians fight them; let the Negroes fight them; and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time,… — 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… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is gone. Let… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Wise statesmen ... established these great self-evident truths, that when in the distant future some man, some faction, some interest, should set… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Life may not always be a bed of roses. All of us are aware of this fact. There are numerous times in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Peace will come soon to stay, and so come as to be worth keeping in all future time. It will then have… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Accounts of outrages committed by mobs form the every-day news of the times. They have pervaded the country from New England to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“It is the eternal struggle between these two principles — right and wrong — throughout the world. They are the two principles… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly responsible through time and in eternity. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“I was a little cross.I ask pardon. If I do get up a little temper I have no sufficient time to keep… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong - throughout the world. They are the two principles… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If at any time all labour should cease, and all existing provisions be equally divided among the people, at the end of… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
It has been said of the world's history hitherto that might makes right. It is for us and for our time to… — 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