1,780 Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man.

Upon this subject, the habits of our whole species fall into three great classes--useful labour, useless labour and idleness. Of these the first only is meritorious; and to it all the products of labour rightfully belong; but the two latter, while they exist, are heavy pensioners upon the first, robbing it of a large portion of it's just rights. The only remedy for this is to, as far as possible, drive useless labour and idleness out of existence.

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new at all.

We can succeed only by concert. It is not, 'Can any of us imagine better,' but, 'Can we all do better?'

Any society that takes away from those most capable and gives to the least will perish.

All men are created equal, except Negroes.

Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts.

We shall not fail - if we stand firm, we shall not fail. Wise counsels may accelerate, or mistakes delay it, but, sooner or later, the victory is sure to come.

The United States government must not undertake to run the Churches. When an individual, in the Church or out of it, becomes dangerous to the public interest he must be checked.