“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” Abraham Lincoln FoolSilent
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln Freedom
“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.” Abraham Lincoln High
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.” Abraham Lincoln Important
“In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.” Abraham Lincoln InspirationalKnowledgeLifeWisdom
“Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.” Abraham Lincoln LiePower
“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” Abraham Lincoln FoolTime
“Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.” Abraham Lincoln CharacterLifeTreeWisdomShadowRealReputation
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” Abraham Lincoln InspirationalKnowledgeTreeWisdom
“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 DogHighPast
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” Abraham Lincoln CharacterPower
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.” Abraham Lincoln
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.” Abraham Lincoln
“A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.” Abraham Lincoln HurtWiseWomanThingAfraid
“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 GodGreatestKnowledgeConcern
“This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.” Abraham Lincoln Revolution
“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.” Abraham Lincoln LieTruth
“I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.” Abraham Lincoln LifeMotherRememberPrayerFollowAlwaysTheyCling
“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 Win
“Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.” Abraham Lincoln
“Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure.” Abraham Lincoln War
“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 DogWiseLegTail
“When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.” Abraham Lincoln BadFeelGoodLifeWisdomReligion
