1,780 Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in the making the bondage of the negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, and sneered at, and construed, and hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

I would rather be assassinated than see a single star removed from the American flag.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

If there is a worse place than Hell, I am in it.

I'm sorry I wrote such a long letter. I did not have the time to write a short one.

There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander

Committee: A group which succeeds in getting something done only when it consists of three members, one of whom happens to be sick and another absent.