Abraham Lincoln Quotes, Religious Quotes, May Quotes

The good old maxims of the Bible are applicable, and truly applicable to human affairs, and in this as in other things, we may say here that he who is not for us is against us; he would gathereth not with us scattereth.

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God is the silent partner in ALL great enterprises.

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Should my administration prove to be a very wicked one...or a very foolish one, if you, the people, are true to yourselves and the Constitution, there is little harm I can do, thank God.

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As a general rule, I abstain from reading reports of attacks upon myself, wishing not to be provoked by that to which I cannot properly offer an answer.

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Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling.

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I ... ran for Legislature [in 1832] ... and was beaten-the only time I have been beaten by the people.

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The only security a man can ever have is the ability to do a job uncommonly well.

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That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now, is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed, and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all, to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.

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I couldn't be two faced. If I had two faces, I wouldn't wear this one.

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In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war.

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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

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If you have never failed you have never lived.

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Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out. It will wear well and will be remembered long after the prism of politeness or the complexion of courtesy has faded away.

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To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.

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When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.'

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

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The land, the earth God gave to man for his home ... should never be the possession of any man, corporation, (or) society ... any more than the air or water.

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Our eldest boy, Bob, has been away from us nearly a year at school, and will enter Harvard University this month. He promises verywell, considering we never controlled him much.

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Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

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The best way to get rid of your enemies is to make them your friends.

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