Abraham Lincoln Quotes

All the armies of Europe combined could not by force make a track upon the Blue Ridge, or take a drink from the Ohio. If we are to be destroyed, we must do it ourselves.

IF you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But, if you are going to negotiate, don't let them talk you into fighting.

The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.

I was born and have ever remaind [sic] in the most humble walks of life.

I always [or "often"] walk slowly, but I never walk backwards.

I hold that while a man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.

I can only say that I have acted upon my best convictions, without selfishness or malice, and that by the help of God I shall continue to do so.

He who does something at the head of one Regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.

Offering thanks in the midst of tragedy is an American tradition, . even during a bloody Civil War.

I wish all men to be free. I wish the material prosperity of the already free which I feel sure the extinction of slavery would bring.

But, slavery is good for some people! ! ! As a good thing, slavery is strikingly peculiar, in this, that it is the only good thing which no man ever seeks the good of, for himself.

Let there be no compromise on the question of extending slavery. If there be, all our labor is lost, and, ere long, must be done again.

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest.

We cannot ask a man what he will do, and if we should, and he should answer us, we should despise him for it. Therefore we must take a man whose opinions are known.

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.

I always remember the prayers of my mother as they always forever.

In all that people can do for themselves, government ought not to interfere.

When you have got a ticket to send, and you're not a top costumer, it's best not to waste your time.

When I lay down the reins of this administration, I want to have one friend left. And that friend is myself.

Labor is superior to capital and precedes capital. Without labor, there is no capital.

I shall be most happy indeed if I shall be an humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty, and of this his almost chosen people.

What I want is to get done what the people desire to have done, and the question for me is how to find that out exactly.

Why don't you laugh? If I did not laugh I should die, and you need this medicine as much as I do.

An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it.

It is the quality of revolutions not to go by old lines or old laws; but to break up both, and make new ones.

It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going.

We accepted this war for an object, a worthy object, and the war will end when that object is attained. Under God, I hope it never will until that time.

Human-nature will not change.

And then, the negro being doomed, and damned, and forgotten, to everlasting bondage, is the white man quite certain that the tyrant demon will not turn upon him too?

When met with a problem I always ask myself what is the right thing to do and then I do it.

Work, work, work, is the main thing.

Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.

Your organization will take on the personality of its top leaders

The Presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses; and [Zachary] Taylor like others, found thorns within it. No human being can fill that station and escape censure.

Liquor may have its defenders, but it has no defense.

I am a moderate walker, however I never stroll back.

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

Committee: A group which succeeds in getting something done only when it consists of three members, one of whom happens to be sick and another absent.

Remembering that Peter denied his Lord with an oath, after most solemnly protesting that he never would, I will not swear I will make no committals; but I do think I will not.

Again, a law may be both constitutional and expedient, and yet may be administered in an unjust and unfair way.

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.

I am a little uneasy about the abolishment of slavery in this District of Columbia.

To say a sheep has 5 legs doesn't make it so.

There is nothing true anywhere, The true is nowhere to be seen; If you say you see the true, This seeing is not the true one.

You can not fail in any laudable object, unless you allow your mind to be improperly directed.

If you intend to go to work there is no better place than right where you are; if you do not intend to go to work, you can not get along anywhere.

How many times have I laughed at you telling me plainly that I was too lazy to be anything but a lawyer.

A long visit to a friend is often a great bore. Never make people twice glad.

Be excellent and party on dudes.