Abraham Lincoln Quotes · Page 2
1809 – 1865
Sixteenth President of the United States, who led the nation through the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
54 quotesAbout Abraham Lincoln on Wikipedia
“Let none falter, who thinks he is right, and we may succeed.”
“If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher.”
“Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well.”
“The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied.”
“I was losing interest in politics when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again.”
“It is the same spirit that says, "You toil and work and earn bread, and I'll eat it."”
“The picture was made for the apple, not the apple for the picture.”
“It is your business to rise up and preserve the Union and liberty, for yourselves, and not for me.”
“I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number.”
“Our popular Government has often been called an experiment.”
“The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.”
“The Union must be preserved, and hence all indispensable means must be employed.”
“Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.”
“I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.”
