Abraham Lincoln Quotes - Page 15

• And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced them. But it has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have laboured, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To [secure] to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Work, Government, Age

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.412, Wildside Press LLC

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• Life may not always be a bed of roses. All of us are aware of this fact. There are numerous times in life when we have to face disappointments. These quotes and sayings surely do inspire and help us to look forward and enjoy the new pathways coming our way. These quotes also lend a different perspective to life, which makes moving forward not a very difficult task.I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward fast enough to wreck the country's cause.

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  Country, Disappointment, Moving

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• Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Work, Winter

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.437, Wildside Press LLC

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• Our common country is in great peril, demanding the loftiest views, and boldest action to bring it speedy relief. Once relieved, its form of government is saved to the world; its beloved history, and cherished memories, are vindicated; and its happy future fully assured, and rendered inconceivably grand.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Country, Memories, Government

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.404, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• 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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• All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, All Things, Desirable

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• Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good.

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  Positive, Carpe Diem, Fruit

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• On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.

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  Forgiveness, Fruit, Bears

  Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.73, Simon and Schuster

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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.

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  Life, Faith, Freedom

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

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• There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

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  Daughter, Mother, Truth

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• The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

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  People, Decision, Servant

  Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln Association (Springfield, Ill.) (1953). “Collected Works: 1860-1861”

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• The Government should create, issue, and circulate all the currency and credits needed to satisfy the spending power of the Government and the buying power of consumers. By the adoption of these principles, the taxpayers will be saved immense sums of interest. Money will cease to be master and become the servant of humanity.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Issues, Government, Adoption

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• With firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Military, Giving, Civil War

  Second Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1865

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• One is a majority if he is right.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Majority, Ifs

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• We hope all danger may be overcome; but to conclude that no danger may ever arise would itself be extremely dangerous.

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  Overcoming, May, Danger

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.20, Fordham Univ Press

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• I intend no modification of my oft-expressed wish that all men everywhere could be free.

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  Freedom, Men, Wish

  Letter to Horace Greeley, 22 August 1862

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• I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."

  Abraham Lincoln

  Believe, Purpose, Slavery

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.250, Wildside Press LLC

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• Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Freedom, Earth, Lasts

  Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

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• Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Freedom, Humanity, Independence

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.123, Fordham Univ Press

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• All I have learned, I learned from books.

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  Inspirational, Education, Book

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• I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to the light I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right - stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

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  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "The Baptist Teacher for Sunday-school Workers : Vol. 36", (p. 483), August 1905.

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• A good, real, unrestrained, hearty laugh is a sort of glorified internal massage, performed rapidly and automatically. It manipulates and revitalizes corners and unexplored crannies of the system that are unresponsive to most other exercise methods. With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.

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  Laughter, Real, Exercise

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• The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Motivational, Friendship, Sarcastic

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

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• The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Selfish, Thinking

  Abraham Lincoln, Terence Ball (2013). “Lincoln: Political Writings and Speeches”, p.80, Cambridge University Press

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• I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Fear, Ambiguity, Explanation

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

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