Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

American statesman

Lived from: 1809 - 1865

Category: Politics Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 12 february 1809 Died: 15 april 1865

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  • It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to the great God who made him.
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  • It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong. They are the two principles that have stood face to face from the beginning of time and will ever continue to struggle. It is the same spirit that says, ''You work and toil and earn bread, and I'll eat it.''
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  • Knavery and flattery are blood relations.
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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. Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights.
    Works of Abraham Lincoln (2010 edition)
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  • Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.
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  • Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it.
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  • 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.
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  • Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
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  • Military glory -the attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood.
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  • Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence?
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  • My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it.
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  • My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
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  • Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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  • No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
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  • No man is good enough to govern another man without his consent.
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  • No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
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  • Nothing valuable can be lost by taking time.
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  • Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
    The Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863
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  • 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.
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  • People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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