Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

Topics: Citizenship Quotes, History Quotes

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end......

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end......

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with...

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy,...

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy,...

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No,...

If you call a tail a leg, how many legs has a dog? Five? No,...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's...

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God...

With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God...

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust

The people when rightly and fully trusted will return the trust

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

He reminds me of the man who murdered both his parents, and then when sentence...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

Freedom is the last, best hope of earth.

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God....

In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God....

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because...

I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance, because...

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place...