1,780 Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong.

Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.

When you have got a ticket to send, and you're not a top costumer, it's best not to waste your time.

When I have a particular case in hand, I have that motive and feel an interest in the case, feel an interest in ferreting out the questions to the bottom, love to dig up the question by the roots and hold it up and dry it before the fires of the mind.

I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.

Great distance in either time or space has wonderful power to lull and render quiescent the human mind.

How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.

Prosperity is the fruit of labor. It begins with saving money.

I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.