1,780 Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free— honourable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last, best hope of earth.

Military glory the attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood.

The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the last generation.

The right of a State to secede is not an open or debatable question.

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.

We must settle this question now—whether in a free government the minority have the right to break it up whenever they choose. If we fail, it will go far to prove the incapability of the people to govern themselves.

I know that there is a God and I see a storm coming. If he has a place for me, I am ready.

Upon the subject of education. I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in.

I intend discourtesy to no one.