Abraham Lincoln Quotes - Page 10

• When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Thinking, Two, People

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• Let every man remember that to violate the law, is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the character of his own, and his children's liberty.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Children, Father, Character

  Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher (1977). “Abraham Lincoln, a Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings”, p.39, Stanford University Press

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• No country can sustain, in idleness, more than a small percentage of its numbers. The great majority must labor at something productive.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Country, Work, Numbers

  Abraham Lincoln, Terence Ball (2013). “Lincoln: Political Writings and Speeches”, p.238, Cambridge University Press

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• With high hope for the future, no prediction is ventured.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Hope, Predictions, Hope For The Future

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.475, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If I am killed, I can die by once; but to live in constant dread of it, is to die over and over again.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Dread, Constant, Dies

  Abraham Lincoln Vol. II, Ch. 13

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• Don't judge a man by the size of his ego or his heart, but on the epicness of his beard and the beautiful woman on his arm

  Abraham Lincoln

  Beautiful, Heart, Men

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• By all means, don't say, "if I can," say "I will."

  Abraham Lincoln

  Mean, Ifs, I Can

  Gordon Leidner, Abraham Lincoln (2009). “Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches”, p.104, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

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  Trust, Betrayal, Keeping Promises

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.444, Jazzybee Verlag

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• We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Mean, Civil War, Liberty

  Address at Sanitary Fair, Baltimore, Md., 18 Apr. 1864

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• We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Attitude, Character

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• A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroad to his reason.

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  Friendship, Heart, Winning

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.83, Library of America

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• Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.

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  Education, Teaching, Mean

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• The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

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  Time, Men, Political

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

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• Elections belong to the people. It's their decision.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Democracies Have, People, Voting

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• It is the man who does not want to express an opinion whose opinion I want.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Doe, Want

  Abraham Lincoln, James Baird McClure (2006). “Anecdotes and Stories of Abraham Lincoln”, p.145, Stackpole Books

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• I am for liberty of conscience in its noblest, broadest, and highest sense. But I cannot give liberty of conscience to the pope and his followers, the papists, so long as they tell me, through all their councils, theologians, and canon laws that their conscience orders them to burn my wife, strangle my children, and cut my throat when they find their opportunity.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Children, Cutting, Opportunity

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• Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Success, Wisdom

  Abraham Lincoln (2009). “The Portable Abraham Lincoln”, p.143, Penguin

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• I am struggling to maintain the government, not to overthrow it. I am struggling especially to prevent others from overthrowing it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Struggle, Government, Life Struggle

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.635, Library of America

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• I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Patience

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

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• I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. So while we do not propose any war upon capital, we do wish to allow the humblest man an equal chance to get rich with everybody else.

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  War, Work, Believe

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.176, Fordham Univ Press

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• Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail.

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  Rights, Conflict, Humans

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• He who sees cruelty and does nothing about it is himself cruel.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Animal, Doe, Animal Rights

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• May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.

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  Wise, Hands, Justice

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.51, Wildside Press LLC

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• I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.

  Abraham Lincoln

  War, May, Platforms

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.218, Wildside Press LLC

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• Our attitude is more honest and more consistent than our words.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Attitude, Stay Positive, Our Words

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