Clemency Quote 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…

— 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?],…

— Abraham Lincoln

All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel Mother.

— 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…

— Abraham Lincoln

I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground.

— 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…

— 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…

— Abraham Lincoln

As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.

— Abraham Lincoln

Tell the truth and you won't have so much to remember

— Abraham Lincoln

With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured.

— 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…

— Abraham Lincoln

I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.

— Abraham Lincoln