War Quotes by Abraham Lincoln · Page 2

confused and Stunned, like a duck hit on the head.

— Abraham Lincoln

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

— Abraham Lincoln

[Uniting workers should not] lead to a war upon property, or the owners of property.

— Abraham Lincoln

I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.

— Abraham Lincoln

I know the hole he went in at, but I can't tell you what hole he will come out of.

— Abraham Lincoln

Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.

— Abraham Lincoln

I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office.

— Abraham Lincoln

Force is all conquering, but it's victories are short lived.

— Abraham Lincoln

I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down but I bite my lip and keep quiet.

— Abraham Lincoln

We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We…

— Abraham Lincoln

I have just read your dispatch about sore-tongued and fatigued horses, Will you pardon me for asking what the horses of your…

— Abraham Lincoln

You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight…

— Abraham Lincoln

As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created…

— Abraham Lincoln

In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party.

— Abraham Lincoln

And then, there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was…

— Abraham Lincoln

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

We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man.…

— Abraham Lincoln

And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves…

— Abraham Lincoln

The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad…

— Abraham Lincoln

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

That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ans sixty-three, all persons held…

— Abraham Lincoln

I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my…

— Abraham Lincoln

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of…

— Abraham Lincoln

The Lord spared the fitten and the rest he seen fitten to die.

— Abraham Lincoln

You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm.

— Abraham Lincoln

I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.

— Abraham Lincoln

Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.

— Abraham Lincoln

Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.

— Abraham Lincoln

It is a good face. I am glad this war is over at last.

— Abraham Lincoln

“you can have no conflict, without being yourselves the aggressors”

— Abraham Lincoln

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war!

— Abraham Lincoln

I cannot make it better known than it already is that I strongly favor colonization.

— Abraham Lincoln

I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District of Columbia.

— Abraham Lincoln

I don't s'pose anybody on earth likes gingerbread better'n I do-and gets less'n I do.

— Abraham Lincoln

Offering thanks in the midst of tragedy is an American tradition, . even during a bloody Civil War.

— Abraham Lincoln

I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.

— Abraham Lincoln

You are green, it is true; but they are green also. You are all green alike.

— Abraham Lincoln

Bring me Longstreet's head on a platter and the war will be over

— Abraham Lincoln