I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or…

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall...

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

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

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.

To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working...

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that...

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that...

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...

All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.

All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother.

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

People are just about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and...

When the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and...

I dont know who my grandfather was; Im much more concerned to know what his...

I dont know who my grandfather was; Im much more concerned to know what his...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we...

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......

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what...

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

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

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

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right...

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right...

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact...

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact...