Our strife pertains to ourselves - to the passing generations of men; and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward...

I hope to stand firm enough to not go backward, and yet not go forward...

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...

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our...

We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our...

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.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every other calling, is...

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government...

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character,...

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character,...

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.

Every one desires to live long, but no one would be old.

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...

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

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

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am...

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am...

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man...

Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man...