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

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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

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

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...

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

Knavery and flattery are blood relations.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.

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...

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest

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 am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part...

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from...

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening...

If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend six hours sharpening...

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.

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

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

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...

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.