Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victories.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak...

Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak...

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

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

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to...

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Important principles may and must be inflexible.

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he...

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

I can make more generals, but horses cost money.

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

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

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

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt...

The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend...

The people are the only censors of their governors, and even their errors will tend...

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

We demand rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.