1,780 Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

The world shall know that I will keep my faith to friends and enemies, come what will.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

The strength of a nation lies in the homes of its people.

Be excellent and party on dudes.

No man has a right to judge Andrew Johnson in any respect who has not suffered as much and done as much as he for the Nation's sake.

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No, calling a tail a leg don't make it a leg.

Washington's is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that name no eulogy is expected. It cannot be. To add brightness to the sun, or glory to the name of Washington, is alike impossible. Let none attempt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name, and in its naked deathless splendor leave it shining on.

When I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three.... The little advanceI now have upon this store of education, I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity.

We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven; we have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity; we have grown in numbers, wealth, and power as no other nation has ever grown.