Abraham Lincoln Quotes - Page 13

• It is to deny, what the history of the world tells us is true, to suppose that men of ambition and talents will not continue to spring up amongst us. And, when they do, they will as
  naturally seek the gratification of their ruling passion, as others have so done before them.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Spring, Ambition, Passion

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.21, Fordham Univ Press

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• I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Government, Admitting, Privilege

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.52, Jazzybee Verlag

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• That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Encouragement, Business

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.1330, Jazzybee Verlag

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• We cannot escape history.

  Abraham Lincoln

  History

  Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

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• The political horizon looks dark and lowering; but the people, under Providence, will set all right.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Dark, People, Political

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.160, 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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• I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspiring, Dog, Cat

  Attributed in "Animal century" by Mark Gold (, 1998.

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• A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet

  Abraham Lincoln

  Education, Book, Reading

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• There are no accidents in my philosophy. Every effect must have its cause. The past is the cause of the present, and the present will be the cause of the future. All these are links in the endless chain stretching from the finite to the infinite.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Philosophy, Past, President

  Abraham Lincoln, Caroline Thomas Harnsberger (1950). “The Lincoln treasury”

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• I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Meaningful, Nature, Compassion

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• Reduce the supply of black labor by colonizing the black laborer out of the country, and by precisely so much you increase the demand for and wages of white labor.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Country, White, Black

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.412, Library of America

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• Money possesses no value to the state other than that given to it by circulation.

  Abraham Lincoln

  States, Given, Circulation

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• When any church will inscribe over its altar, as its sole qualification for membership, the Savior's condensed statement of the substance of both law and Gospel, 'Thou shalt love the lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul and thy neighbor as thyself' that church will I join with all my heart and all my soul.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Patriotic, Heart

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

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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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• 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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• Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

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  Friendship, Forgiveness, Peace

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• And having thus chosen our course, without guile, and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear, and with manly hearts.

  Abraham Lincoln

  God, Religious, Fear

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.261, Library of America

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• Most people are as happy as they want to be.

  Abraham Lincoln

  People, Want

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• In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free - honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Congress And The President, Giving, Free Spirit

  Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

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• I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union, and the perpetuity of popular
  government; and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Integrity, Government, Long

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.212, Fordham Univ Press

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• We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.

  Abraham Lincoln

  War, Future, Drug

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.50, Library of America

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• Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Life, Past, Men

  Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations”, p.7, Courier Corporation

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• A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. And not only so. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the [yet] unsolved ones.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Reading, Keys, Giving

  Abraham Lincoln (2009). “Abraham Lincoln: Selected Speeches and Writings”, p.327, Library of America

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• Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Bible, God, Religious

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.1148, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Lets have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Life, Faith, Freedom

  Address at Cooper Institute, New York, N.Y., 27 Feb. 1860

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