The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain, and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

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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...

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

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

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...

My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human...

My earlier views at the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human...

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with...

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms,...

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms,...

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not...

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not...

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...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a...

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and...

I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and...

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to...

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to...

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.

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

The way for a young man to rise is to improve himself in every way...

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A...

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A...

A guy is a boy by birth, a man by age, but a gentleman by...

A guy is a boy by birth, a man by age, but a gentleman by...