Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before… — 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
“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
I am a patient man--always willing to forgive on the Christian terms of repentance, and also to give ample time for repentance.… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
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
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
“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
Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity. — 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
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
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
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
But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on. — 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
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
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
Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye, is the great invention of the world...enabling us to converse… — 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
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
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
Its authors meant it to be... a stumbling block to those who in after times might seek to turn a free people… — 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
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
