Abraham Lincoln quotes - page 2

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves. (Abraham Lincoln)
People who have no vices, have very few virtues. View quote
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In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this book. View quote
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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. View quote
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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed but I am bound to live the best life that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right and part from him when he goes wrong. View quote
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I do not think much of a man who does not know more today than he did yesterday. View quote
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. View quote
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Gold is good in its place; but living, brave, and patriotic men are better than gold. View quote
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Die when I may, I want it said of me that I plucked a weed and planted a flower where ever I thought a flower would grow. View quote
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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. View quote
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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. (Abraham Lincoln)
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 constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. View quote
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Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. View quote
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The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them. View quote
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The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him. View quote
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He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know. View quote
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Knavery and flattery are blood relations. View quote
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While the people retain their virtue, and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government, in the short space of four years. View quote
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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts. View quote
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The probability that we may fall in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just; it shall not deter me. View quote
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Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. (Abraham Lincoln)
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. View quote
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Truth is generally the best vindication against slander. View quote
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Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong. View quote
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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. View quote
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