Honest Abe Quotes
- Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make a slave of… Another Man
- An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it. Affirmed
- We believe that the spreading out and perpetuity of the institution of slavery impairs the general welfare. We believe - nay, we know, that that… Believe
- Let there be no compromise on the question of extending slavery. If there be, all our labor is lost, and, ere long, must be done… All
- You think slavery is right and ought to be extended; while we think it is wrong and ought to be restricted. That I suppose is… Difference
- I say now, however, as I have all the while said, that on the territorial question - that is, the question of extending slavery under… All
- One section of our country believes slavery is right, and ought to be extended, while the other believes it is wrong, and ought not to… Believe
- I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel. And… Act
- One eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves… All
- Military glory-that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood-that serpent's eye, that charms to destroy... Anti War
- Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Ambition
- If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time. All
- We must ask where we are and whither we are tending. Ask
- The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity. What one of us but can call… Alcohol
- My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I...fell in love with her; and what is more, I have never fallen… Fallen
- I believe, if we take habitual drunkards as a class, their heads and their hearts will bear an advantageous comparison with those of any other… Advantageous
- During the Civil War, on hearing complaints that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drank alcohol to excess Find out what Grant drinks and send a barrel… Alcohol
- It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness... Behooves
- Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best… Adjust
- Nothing is stronger than gentleness. Gentleness
- I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right. But it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this… Anxiety
- With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured. Future
- Every person is responsible for his own looks after 40. Appearance
- Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica. Favorite
- A Prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded. Blow
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