Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

“I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all. ”

“The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when ag...”

“The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.”

“If frienship is your weakest point then you are the strongest person in the world.”

“I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.”

“Have I not destroyed my enemy when I have made him into my friend?”

“In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. God cannot be for, and against the same thing at the same time.”

“One of the great Confederate combat leaders, General John B. Gordon, had sat at his horse and spoken farewell to his men. Some he had seen weeping as they folded burnt and shot-pierced battle flags...”

“In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we co...”

“I don't like to hear cut and dried sermons. Nowhen I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.”

“Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.”

“No man is poor who has a Godly mother.”

“I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me.”

“A house divided cannot stand.”

“in times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.”

“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves”

“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God cannot retain it.”

“Let no feeling of discouragement preyupon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.”

“Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.”

“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”