Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Quote by Abraham Lincoln

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

The better part of ones life consists of his friendships.

The better part of ones life consists of his friendships.

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 dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be...

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be...

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor,...

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.

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...

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 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...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the...

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly...

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it

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

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

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

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

There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil...

There are those who say to you - we are rushing this issue of civil...

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...

A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest...

When you disarm your subjects you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or...

When you disarm your subjects you offend them by showing that either from cowardliness or...

And mankind is naught but a single nation

And mankind is naught but a single nation

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never...

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...

Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts,...