Abraham Lincoln
97 quotations
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.
I dream of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same.
The best way to destroy your enemy is to make him your friend.
People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.
When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.
I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.
We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.
Every man over forty is responsible for his face.
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.
All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.
A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that's my religion.
No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.
Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.
Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.
I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to know him better.
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
Towering genius disdains a beaten path.