Abraham Lincoln quotes - page 5

I care not much for a man's religion who's dog or cat are not the better for it. (Abraham Lincoln)
A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved I do not expect the house to fall but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. View quote
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I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. View quote
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Slavery is founded on the selfishness of man's nature -- opposition to it on his love of justice. View quote
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This is a world of compensation and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves and, under a just God, can not long retain it. View quote
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I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. View quote
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In law it is good policy never to plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you cannot. View quote
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The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he makes so many of them. View quote
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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 a story of an old Dutch farmer who remarked to a companion once that 'it was not best to swap horses while crossing streams.' View quote
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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. View quote
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I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down. (Abraham Lincoln)
None seemed to think the injury arose from the use of a bad thing but from the abuse of a very good thing. View quote
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Slavery is wrong. If Slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and Constitutions against it, are themselves wrong, and should be silenced, and swept away. View quote
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I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular government; and to redress wrongs already long enough endured. View quote
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In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home. View quote
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An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it. View quote
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If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may be said, I am, in height, six feet, four inches, nearly; lean in flesh, weighing on an average one hundred and eighty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse black hair, and grey eyes -- no other marks or brands recollected. View quote
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I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed. View quote
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We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses. View quote
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The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. View quote
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It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong. (Abraham Lincoln)
I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot. View quote
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If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool. View quote
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It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words, "And this too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction! View quote
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The Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma. View quote
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