Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this...

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

Most folks are about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly...

In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

I can not deny that all may be swept away. Broken by it, I, too,...

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

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...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have

We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element...

We must free the slaves or be ourselves subdued. The slaves were undeniably a element...

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

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

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

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded...

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded...

The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, nor should...

The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare, nor should...

A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has exactly the same...

A child born to a black mother in a state like Mississippi...has exactly the same...

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his...

Every king springs from a race of slaves, and every slave had kings among his...