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
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
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
There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and… — 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
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“I am slow to listen to criminations among friends, and never expose their quarrels on either side…allow bygones to be bygones, and… — 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
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
“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
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
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
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
Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are… — 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
Gen. Schurz thinks I was a little cross in my late note to you. If I was, I ask pardon. If I… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As the problems are new, we must disenthrall ourselves from the past. — 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
“I may be wrong in regard to any or all of them; but holding it a sound maxim, that it is better… — 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 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
