01c. 1837 ADI believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
02c. 1837 ADLet us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
03c. 1837 ADIn giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free,—honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
04c. 1837 ADThat this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
05c. 1837 ADWith malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
06c. 1837 ADPublic opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
07c. 1837 ADI am not accustomed to the language of eulogy; I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and poets, since the creation of the world, in praise of woman, was applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
09c. 1837 ADGovernment of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
10c. 1837 ADDie when I may, 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 / quote ↗
11c. 1837 ADThis nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
12c. 1837 ADLet us 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 / quote ↗
13c. 1837 ADYou can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
15c. 1837 ADI can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
17c. 1837 ADThe Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
19c. 1837 ADMy 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 / quote ↗
21c. 1837 ADAlways bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
22c. 1837 ADIf you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
23c. 1837 ADIn this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible except with time. You cannot now believe that you will ever feel better. But this is not true. You are sure to be happy again. Knowing this, truly believing it will make you less miserable now. I have had enough experience to make this statement.Abraham Lincoln / quote ↗
