“In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.” Abraham Lincoln BestFreedomMeanSlave
“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.” Abraham Lincoln Duty
“If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.” Abraham Lincoln
“The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way he can, never suspecting that anybody wishes to hinder him.” Abraham Lincoln Young
“The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.” Abraham Lincoln Future
“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.” Abraham Lincoln FeelInspirationalSlaveStrongSeeImpulseSlaveryTried
“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.” Abraham Lincoln BadBestKnowledgeLaw
“These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.” Abraham Lincoln Power
“If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.” Abraham Lincoln
“Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.” Abraham Lincoln DogMotivationalPossibleHoldBulldogGripChewChoke
“When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.” Abraham Lincoln FightManWisdomActBeePreach
“All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.” Abraham Lincoln
“In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.” Abraham Lincoln GodParty
“There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time."” Abraham Lincoln OldTimeTruth
“When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.” Abraham Lincoln Best
“The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.” Abraham Lincoln BestManTimePublicLipsClosedKeep your lips closed
“He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.” Abraham Lincoln OldTime
“I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.” Abraham Lincoln DonePolitics
“Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.” Abraham Lincoln
“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.” Abraham Lincoln Time
“Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.” Abraham Lincoln DesireLifeOldLiveLongEveryOneIronicWouldBeing old
