Abraham Lincoln Quotes - Page 32

• 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 believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far as it in no way interferes with any other men's rights.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Believe, Men, Rights

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

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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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• The will of God prevails.

  Abraham Lincoln

  God, Gods Will

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.359, Library of America

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• I have no wealthy or popular relations to recommend me.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Humility, Relation, Wealthy

  Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.5, Library of America

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• In my entire life I have only met four "perfect" people... and I disliked them all.

  Abraham Lincoln

  People, Perfect, Four

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• if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading

  Abraham Lincoln

  Reading, Writing, Names

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• Such a man the times have demanded, and such, in the providence of God was given us. But he is gone. Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued care of Divine Providence, trusting that, in future national emergencies, He will not fail to provide us the instruments of safety and security.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Religious, Men, Safety

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.132, Wildside Press LLC

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• If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity of their own liberties and institutions.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Hands, People, Liberty

  Address on the Repeal of the Missouri Compromise, delivered 16 October 1854, Peoria, Illinois

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• I have always wanted to deal with everyone I meet candidly and honestly. If I have made any assertion not warranted by facts, and it is pointed out to me, I will withdraw it cheerfully.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Honesty, Facts, Made

  Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.594, Jazzybee Verlag

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• It is not 'Is God on my side', but 'Am I on God's side'.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Sides

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• I never trusted a man who never smoked or drank.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Men, Never Trust, Drank

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• Bad promises are better broken than kept.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Broken, Promise

  Abraham Lincoln (1991). “Great Speeches”, p.111, Courier Corporation

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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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• The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Hope, Wonderful, Exertion

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.160, Fordham Univ Press

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• It is not our frowning battlements...or the strength our gallant and disciplined army? These are not our reliance against a resumption of tyranny in our fair land... Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Army, Men, Land

  "Lincoln on Democracy" by Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt, Fordham University Press, (p. 128), September 1, 2004.

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• I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Thinking, Apaches, Useless

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• The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Liberty, Civil Rights, Causes

  Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.136, Fordham Univ Press

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• Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. The present moment finds me at the White House, yet there is as good a chance for your children as there was for my father's.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Children, Father, White

  Gordon Leidner, Abraham Lincoln (2009). “Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches”, p.121, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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