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Political Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
- Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil...
- Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil, having due regard…
- We were proclaiming ourselves political hypocrites before the world, by thus fostering Human Slavery and proclaiming ourselves, at the same time, the sole friends of…
- When we were the political slaves of King George, and wanted to be free, we called the maxim that "all men are created equal" a…
- 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…
- I have no purpose to introduce political and social equality between the white and black races. There is physical difference between the two which, in…
- Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest.
- I will say, then, that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality…
- These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are…
- Of our political revolution of '76, we all are justly proud. It has given us a degree of political freedom, far exceeding that of any…
- If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any…
- If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do…
- The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
- The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
- Public opinion in this country is everything.
- He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.
- You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people…
- This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their…
- No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
- It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
- When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to…
- What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?
- 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 will…
- I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black…
More Political Quotes
- The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution. — Hannah Arendt
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the… — Hannah Arendt
- Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a… — Hannah Arendt
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Under every stone lurks a politician. — Aristophanes
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle
- Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and… — Aristotle