1,780 Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

To say a sheep has 5 legs doesn't make it so.

I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that "it was not best to swap horses when crossing streams."

Let no young man choosing the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief -- resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer.

And you are entirely free from head-ache? That is good -- good -- considering it is the first spring you have been free from it since we were acquainted. I am afraid you will get so well, and fat, and young, as to be wanting to marry again.

If you collect the signatures of all persons who are no less distinguised than I, you will have a very undistinguishing mass of names.

To give the victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary

Whatever woman may cast her lot with mine, should any ever do so, it is my intention to do all in my power to make her happy and contented; and there is nothing I can imagine that would make me more unhappy than to fail in the effort.

The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.

Again, a law may be both constitutional and expedient, and yet may be administered in an unjust and unfair way.