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Best Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- 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…
- And while it has not pleased the Almighty to bless us with a return of peace, we can but press on, guided by the best…
- I do not wish to be misunderstood upon this subject of slavery in this country. I suppose it may long exist, and perhaps the best…
- I think that one of the causes of these repeated failures is that our best and greatest men have greatly underestimated the size of this…
- Law is nothing else but the best reason of wise men applied for ages to the transactions and business of mankind.
- Dear Sir: Yours of the 24th. asking 'the best mode of obtaining a thorough knowledge of the law' is received. The mode is very simple,…
- If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses.…
- There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our…
- I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of…
- There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people to the idea of indiscriminate amalgamation of the white and black races…
- I believe the Bible is the best gift God ever gave to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to…
- I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the…
- We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge…
- War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible.
- I have simply tried to do what seemed best each day, as each day came.
- The will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one…
- The severest justice may not always be the best policy
- I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the Constitution as I…
- The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. We hoped for…
- I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man.
- The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise to the…
- I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get…
- As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.
- When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
- The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
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- This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Hope is a waking dream. — Aristotle
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. — Aristotle
- Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least… — Aristotle
- Education is the best provision for old age. — Aristotle
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when… — Aristotle