Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
God bless the Methodist Church - bless all the churches - and blessed be God, Who, in this our great trial, giveth… — 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
In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak, and as strong; as silly… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Human nature will not change. In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I… — 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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