I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause and I shall do more whenever I… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When I got him out he was near froze solid and shivering. He was shaking so hard that I wasted half a… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
President Lincoln was once criticized for his attitude toward his enemies. "Why do you try to make friends of them?" asked an… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I do not allow myself to suppose that either the convention or the League, have concluded to decide that I am either… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The case of Andrews is really a very bad one, as appears by the record already before me. Yet before receiving this… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have really got it into my head to try to be United States Senator, and, if I could have your support,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
While I have often said that all men out to be free, yet I would allow those colored persons to be slaves… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work. — 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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