1,780 Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

I pass my life in preventing the storm from blowing down the tent, and I drive in the pegs as fast as they are pulled up.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

If I have one vice and I can call it nothing else it is not able to say 'no'.

It was that which gave promise that in due time the weights should be lifted from the shoulders of all men, and that all should have an equal chance. This is the sentiment embodied in that Declaration of Independence.

You can't help the poor by being one of them.

Better give your path to a dog than be bitten by him in contesting for the right. Even killing the dog would not cure the bite

While we are grateful to all the brave men and officers for the events of the past few days, we should, above all, be very grateful to Almighty God, who gives us victory.

He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met.

Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.