Abraham Lincoln Quotes - Page 32

• There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Government, Two, Evil

  Gordon Leidner, Abraham Lincoln (2009). “Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches”, p.100, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• We trust, sir, that God is on our side. It is more important to know that we are on God's side.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Life, Humor, Important

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 315-321), 1922.

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• I have endured a great deal of ridicule without much malice; and have received a great deal of kindness, not quite free from ridicule. I am used to it.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Courage, Kindness, Used

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.1275, Jazzybee Verlag

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• A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know will not hurt me.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Hurt, Women, Knows

  Abraham Lincoln, John Hay, Tarleton Brown, William Robert Garner (1924). “The Magazine of history, with notes and queries: Extra number”

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• The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is diligence. Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Happiness, Procrastination, Men

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.45, Fordham Univ Press

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• The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Work, Men, Reason

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.203, Library of America

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• It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Children, War, Government

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.328, Fordham Univ Press

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• I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Life, Children, Father

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.328, Fordham Univ Press

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• My God! My God! What will the country say?

  Abraham Lincoln

  Country, War, Civil War

  Abraham Lincoln (2002). “Conversations With Lincoln”, p.262, Transaction Publishers

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• If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

  Abraham Lincoln

  Funny, Witty, Powerful

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• Women are the only people I am afraid of who I never thought would hurt me

  Abraham Lincoln

  Hurt, People, Hurt Me

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• If you are resolutely determined to make a lawyer of yourself, the thing is more than half done already.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Confidence, Perseverance, Law

  Abraham Lincoln, Bob Blaisdell (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations”, p.6, Courier Corporation

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• I shall always think of myself first and foremost... as a hunter.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Thinking, Hunters, Firsts

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• I take it that it is best for all to leave each man free to acquire property as fast as he can. Some will get wealthy. I dont believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Believe, Men, Law

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

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• It is safe to assert that no government proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Gratitude, Government, Law

  First Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1861

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• ...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world; but I do think that it is charged with the duty of preventing and redressing all wrongs which are wrongs to itself.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Mean, Thinking, Government

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.743, Jazzybee Verlag

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• There is something so ludicrous in promises of good or threats of evil a great way off as to render the whole subject with which they are connected easily turned into ridicule.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Evil, Promise, Way

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.34, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Love, Peace, Voting

  Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher (1977). “Abraham Lincoln, a Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings”, p.169, Stanford University Press

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• Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Time, Eyelashes, Long

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• We must ask where we are and whither we are tending.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Planning, Asks

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• It is for us and our time...to say the right makes might.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Military, Might, Our Time

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• I confess I hate to see the poor creatures hunted down but I bite my lip and keep quiet.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Hate, War, Lips

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.320, Wildside Press LLC

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• When you lack interest in the case the job will very likely lack skill and diligence in the performance.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Jobs, Skills, Diligence

  Abraham Lincoln (2009). “The Portable Abraham Lincoln”, p.44, Penguin

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• It is not the qualified voters, but the qualified voters who choose to vote, that constitute political power.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Political, Voters, Qualified

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.421, Library of America

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• Tangible language, which often tells more falsehoods than truths.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Tangible, Language, Appearance

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