1,780 Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

How many legs does a dog have, if you call his tail a leg? The answer is four, because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises.

You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional - I think differently.

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

Our attitude is more honest and more consistent than our words.

Reputation is like fine china: Once broken it's very hard to repair.

Towering genius...thirsts and burns for distinction; and, if possible, it will have it, whether at the expense of emancipating slaves or enslaving freeman.

The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.