Abraham Lincoln Quotes

• Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Invasion, Internals, Dies

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  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.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Freedom, Men, Democracies Have

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• Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Determination, Men, Ordinary

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  America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

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  Wisdom, Religious, Freedom

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• I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.

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  Country, Money, Hands

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• The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Positive, Being Happy, Uplifting

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  Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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  You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Remember

  Abraham Lincoln (1907). “The Lincoln Year Book: Axioms and Aphorisms from the Great Emancipator”, p.48, Library of Alexandria

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  We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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  Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

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  Funny, Life, Sarcastic

  Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr

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• Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Leadership, God, Wisdom

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• It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Sin, Silent, Duty

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• You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Libertarian Party, Liberty, Politics

  Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”

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• You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Character, People, Independence

  Abraham Lincoln, Jack Stevenson (2017). “Abraham Lincoln: 100 Influential Quotes of My Life”, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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• When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Behind You, Turns, Persons

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• A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.

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  Inspirational, Friendship, Leadership

  Abraham Lincoln (1992). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln”, Plume

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• In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Teacher, Children

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• The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Education, Philosophy

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• I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

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  Inspirational, Wisdom, Truth

  Abraham Lincoln (1999). “The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

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• A day spent helping no one but yourself is a day wasted.

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  Helping

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• This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.

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  Country, Freedom, 4th Of July

  First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1861

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• Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Success, Honesty

  Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr

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• Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

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• I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office.

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  War, Office, Favors

  Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas, Charleston, Ill., 18 Sept. 1858

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