Abraham Lincoln Quotes And Sayings

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

“My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Public opinion in this country is everything.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“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.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Some day I shall be President.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“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.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.”
– Abraham Lincoln

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