Quotes By Abraham Lincoln

Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.

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.

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.

As our case is new, we must think and act anew.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

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 other business.

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.

The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.

A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.