Abraham Lincoln Quotes And Sayings

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“Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Don’t worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Everybody likes a compliment.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“He who molds the public sentiment… makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I am glad to know that there is a system of labor where the laborer can strike if he wants to. I wish to God that such a system prevailed all over the world.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I can make more generals, but horses cost money.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I care not much for a man’s religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I distrust the wisdom if not the sincerity of friends who would hold my hands while my enemies stab me.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I have a congenital aversion to failure.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.”
– Abraham Lincoln

“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.”
– Abraham Lincoln

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