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-- John Walcot
Famous Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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- Topic: Mother
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Friendship
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Love
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? -Abraham Lincoln.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Vote
Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Revolution
Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and force a new one that suits them better.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Democracy
As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Popularity
Avoid popularity if you would have peace.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Fools
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool then to speak out and remove all doubt.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Victory
Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Character
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Democracy
Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Constitution
Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: History
Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Vices
Folks who have no vices have plaguey few virtues.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Force
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Providence
Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Ideas
He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Criticism
He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Sentiment
He who molds the public sentiment ... makes statues and decisions possible or impossible to make.
-- Abraham Lincoln - Topic: Dogs
How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.
-- Abraham Lincoln