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title: "Best War Sayings by Abraham Lincoln"
description: "123 War quotes by Abraham Lincoln. Plus more from Abraham Lincoln and more War sayings from other authors."
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> [“you can have no conflict, without being yourselves the aggressors”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/you-can-have-no-conflict-without-being-yourselves-the-aggressors/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [It is a good face. I am glad this war is over at last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/it-is-a-good-face-i-am-glad-this-war-is-over-at-last/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [If I had my way, this war would never have been commenced. If I had been allowed my way this war would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-i-had-my-way-this-war-would-never-have-been-commenced-if-i-had/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [So viewing the issue, no choice was left but to call out the war power of the Government; and so to resist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/so-viewing-the-issue-no-choice-was-left-but-to-call-out-the-war-power/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/with-this-honor-devolves-upon-you-also-a-corresponding-responsibility/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/peace-does-not-appear-so-distant-as-it-did-i-hope-it-will-come-soon/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union this voyage nobody will have a chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-all-do-not-join-now-to-save-the-good-old-ship-of-the-union-this/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/now-we-are-engaged-in-a-great-civil-war-testing-whether-that-nation/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/both-parties-deprecated-war-but-one-of-them-would-make-war-rather/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-accepted-this-war-for-an-object-a-worthy-object-and-the-war-will/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/and-by-virtue-of-the-power-and-for-the-purpose-aforesaid-i-do-order/)

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> [We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-have-as-all-will-agree-a-free-government-where-every-man-has-a/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I can not but hate the prospect of slavery's expansion. I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-can-not-but-hate-the-prospect-of-slavery-s-expansion-i-hate-it/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of the wily agitator who induces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/must-i-shoot-a-simple-minded-soldier-boy-who-deserts-while-i-must-not/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/neither-party-expected-for-the-war-the-magnitude-or-the-duration/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/can-treaties-be-more-faithfully-enforced-between-aliens-than-laws-can/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/in-my-view-of-the-present-aspect-of-affairs-there-is-no-need-of/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-don-t-believe-in-a-law-to-prevent-a-man-from-getting-rich-it-would/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I would like to speak in terms of praise due to the many brave officers and soldiers who have fought in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-would-like-to-speak-in-terms-of-praise-due-to-the-many-brave/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [There is really no crisis except an artificial one...If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/there-is-really-no-crisis-except-an-artificial-one-if-the-great/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [My paramount objective in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not to either save or destroy Slavery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/my-paramount-objective-in-this-struggle-is-to-save-the-union-and-is/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-have-stepped-out-upon-this-platform-that-i-may-see-you-and-that-you/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [During the Civil War, on hearing complaints that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drank alcohol to excess Find out what Grant drinks and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/during-the-civil-war-on-hearing-complaints-that-gen-ulysses-s-grant/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [My Dear McClellan, if you don't want to use the army I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/my-dear-mcclellan-if-you-don-t-want-to-use-the-army-i-should-like-to/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-hold-that-in-contemplation-of-universal-law-and-of-the-constitution/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I am in favor of a national bank...in favor of the internal improvements system and a high protective tariff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-in-favor-of-a-national-bank-in-favor-of-the-internal/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Cling to liberty and right; battle fro them; leed for them; die for them, if need be; and have confidence in God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/cling-to-liberty-and-right-battle-fro-them-leed-for-them-die-for-them/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Military glory-that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood-that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/military-glory-that-attractive-rainbow-that-rises-in-showers-of-blood/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I am much indebted to the good Christian people of the country for their constant prayers and consolations; and to no one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-much-indebted-to-the-good-christian-people-of-the-country-for/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/a-nation-may-be-said-to-consist-of-its-territory-its-people-and-its/)

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> [His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/his-argument-is-as-thin-as-the-homeopathic-soup-that-was-made-by/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-sincerely-wish-war-was-a-pleasanter-and-easier-business-than-it-is/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I freely acknowledge myself the servant of the people, according to the bond of service - the United States Constitution; and that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-freely-acknowledge-myself-the-servant-of-the-people-according-to/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I wish to see, in process of disappearing, that only thing which ever could bring this nation to civil war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-wish-to-see-in-process-of-disappearing-that-only-thing-which-ever/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [But the proclamation, as law, either is valid, or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/but-the-proclamation-as-law-either-is-valid-or-is-not-valid-if-it-is/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Such will be a great lesson of peace: teaching men that what they cannot take by an election, neither can they take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/such-will-be-a-great-lesson-of-peace-teaching-men-that-what-they/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [At the beginning of the war, and for some time, the use of colored troops was not contemplated; and how the change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/at-the-beginning-of-the-war-and-for-some-time-the-use-of-colored/)

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> [Submitted to the Sec. of War. On principle I dislike an oath which requires a man to swear he has not done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/submitted-to-the-sec-of-war-on-principle-i-dislike-an-oath-which/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God; and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/both-read-the-same-bible-and-pray-to-the-same-god-and-each-invokes/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

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> [I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-have-never-studied-the-art-of-paying-compliments-to-women-but-i/)

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## More by Abraham Lincoln

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/elections-belong-to-the-people-it-s-their-decision-if-they-decide-to/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [ Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then \[these?\],… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/next-came-the-patent-laws-these-began-in-england-in-1624-and-in-this/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/all-that-i-am-or-ever-hope-to-be-i-owe-to-my-angel-mother/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/while-the-people-retain-their-virtue-and-vigilance-no-administration/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-could-not-have-slept-tonight-if-i-had-left-that-helpless-little/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/let-us-at-all-times-remember-that-all-american-citizens-are-brothers/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/if-you-wish-to-be-a-lawyer-attach-no-consequence-to-the-place-you-are/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/as-we-keep-or-break-the-sabbath-day-we-nobly-save-or-meanly-lose-the/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [Tell the truth and you won't have so much to remember](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/tell-the-truth-and-you-won-t-have-so-much-to-remember/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/with-high-hope-for-the-future-no-prediction-is-ventured/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/we-know-southern-men-declare-that-their-slaves-are-better-off-than/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-am-glad-to-see-that-a-system-of-labor-prevails-under-which-laborers/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/i-don-t-like-that-man-i-must-get-to-know-him-better/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and to the young, it comes with bitterest agony because it takes them unawares.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/in-this-sad-world-of-ours-sorrow-comes-to-all-and-to-the-young-it/)

[Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/)

> [The man does not live who is more devoted to peace than I am. None who would do more to preserve it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/the-man-does-not-live-who-is-more-devoted-to-peace-than-i-am-none-who/)

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