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Abraham Lincoln
Towering genius disdains...
Towering genius disdains a beaten path.
Source: Address at Young Men's Lyceum,...
If we could...
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...
He can compress...
He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met.
If this is...
If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some...
I'm a slow...
I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.
Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever...
It has been...
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
If I were...
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
Source: In 1,911 Best Things...
He who molds...
He who molds the public sentiment . . . makes statues and decisions possible or impossible to...
When I do...
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion.
I have endured...
I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice, and have received a great deal of kindness not quite free...
All that I...
All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother. I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me....
To ease another's...
To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.
Source:
-- Abraham Lincoln,...
Among free men...
Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.
But in a...
But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living...
Friends, I agree...
Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the...
And in the...
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Whenever I hear...
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him...
Any people anywhere...
Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing...
Don't interfere with...
Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our...
Gentlemen, why don't...
Gentlemen, why don't you laugh? With the fearful strain that is upon me night and day, if I did not laugh, I should...