Quotes from Abraham Lincoln

We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and we shall do what we can to have it overrule this.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

Prohibition goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes crimes out of things that are not crimes.

Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet.

Discourage litigation. Persuade you neighbors to compromise whenever you can ... As a peace-maker the lawyer has a superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.

I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence was about to be pronounced pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice

Public opinion in this country is everything.

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Hypocrite: the man who murdered both his parents... pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

A man may be loyal to his government and yet oppose the particular principles and methods of administration

When someone asked Abraham Lincoln, after he was elected president, what he was going to do about his enemies, he replied, "I am going to destroy them. I am going to make them my friends

Having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.

Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift.

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.

I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.