Abraham Lincoln Quotes

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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.

  Abraham Lincoln

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

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  Inspirational, Positive, Happiness

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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.

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  Freedom, Men, Democracies Have

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  You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

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  Inspirational, Basketball, Peace

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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.

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  Leadership, God, Wisdom

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

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  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.

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  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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

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  Sin, Silent, Duty

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• Behind the cloud the sun is still shining.

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  Encouraging, Uplifting, Healing

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.191, Wildside Press LLC

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

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  Invasion, Internals, Dies

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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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• A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.

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  Thinking, Generations, Election

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• No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

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  Honesty, Memories, Liars

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• Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality.

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  Commitment, Reality, Promise

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• It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.

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  Inspirational, Inspiring, Courage

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• Faith is not believing that God can, but that God will.

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  Believe, Gods Will

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

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  Remember

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

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• If you trust, you will be disappointed occasionally, but if you mistrust, you will be miserable all the time.

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  Motivational, Sports, Coaching

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• We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.

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  Carpe Diem, Anxiety, Alarms

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.96, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If we exchange one dollar, we both have one dollar each. But if we exchange one good thought, we both have two good thoughts

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  Two, Dollars, Good Thoughts

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

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

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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.

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  Character, People, Independence

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

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• Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.

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  Health, Discipline, Want

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• As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.

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  Country, Freedom, Taken

  Letter to Joshua F. Speed, 24 Aug. 1855

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