Abraham Lincoln quotes - page 12

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old. (Abraham Lincoln)
What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence? View quote
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Some day I shall be President. View quote
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A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me. View quote
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Women are the only people I am afraid of who I never thought would hurt me. View quote
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I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day. View quote
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Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets. View quote
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To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary. View quote
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Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything. View quote
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He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make. View quote
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Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented and there is nothing I can imagine that would make me more unhappy than to fail in the effort. (Abraham Lincoln)
I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and that by religious men, who are equally certain that they represent the Divine will. I am sure that either the one or the other class is mistaken in that belief, and perhaps in some respects both. View quote
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I am nothing, truth is everything. View quote
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With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have a great respect for the semicolin; it's a useful little chap. View quote
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As our case is new, we must think and act anew. View quote
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Nothing will divert me from my purpose. View quote
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Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible) View quote
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Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this. View quote
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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 it is valid, it can not be retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life. View quote
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Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed. View quote
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A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started. He is going to sit where you are sitting, and when you are gone; attend to those things, which you think are important. You may adopt all policies you please, but how they are carried out depends on him. He will assume control of your cities, states and nations. All your books are going to be judged, praised or condemned by him. The fate of humanity is in his hands. So it might be well to pay him some attention. (Abraham Lincoln)
Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of men, I am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them. View quote
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My father taught me to work, but not to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh -- anything but work. View quote
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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, as such, I am responsible to them. View quote
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The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which he prescribes for himself. Allow ALL the governed an equal voice in the government, and that, and that only, is self-government. View quote
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