Abraham Lincoln
97 quotations
Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.
We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.
Will springs from the two elements of moral sense and self-interest.
My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it.
Wanting to work is so rare a merit that it should be encouraged.
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six sharpening my ax.
Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition.
As our case is new, we must think and act anew.
Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.
He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met.
Everybody likes a compliment.
What is conservatism? It is not adherence to the old and tried, but against the new and untried?
Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.
What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.
We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart.
To give the victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society.
If people see the Capitol going on, it is a sign we intend the Union shall go on.
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.