“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 FatherLiberty
“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 DesireLost
“Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.” Abraham Lincoln WittyPeacefulBallotsSuccessorBulletsPoltical
“If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.” Abraham Lincoln
“I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.” Abraham Lincoln BestLuck
“I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.” Abraham Lincoln DogCareManWiseReligion
“Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.” Abraham Lincoln ImportantLifeWisdomPrinciplesInflexible
“No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.” Abraham Lincoln FightLifeWiseFunKittens
“Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.” Abraham Lincoln God
“The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and the wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.” Abraham Lincoln LibertyThank
“If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.” Abraham Lincoln Respect
“Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.” Abraham Lincoln
“If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg.” Abraham Lincoln Dog
“Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.” Abraham Lincoln HeavenMarriageFunHellPurgatory
“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.” Abraham Lincoln LieStruggle
“Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.” Abraham Lincoln
“When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.” Abraham Lincoln Time
“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.” Abraham Lincoln Liberty
“I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.” Abraham Lincoln War
“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” Abraham Lincoln LifeWisdomGrowGrandfather
“I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.” Abraham Lincoln Father
“Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.” Abraham Lincoln PublicFailEverythingNothingSucceedWithoutSentiment
“The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.” Abraham Lincoln GreatestArtistPersonAlwaysReligiousHighesHigh artDevout
“With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.” Abraham Lincoln FearLaugh
