Quotes by Abraham Lincoln

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he...

#Political Leaders, #Politics

Politicians are a set of men who have interests aside from the interests of the...

#Politicians

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are...

#Character, #Reputation

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

#Right

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

#Revolution

If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any...

#Slavery

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

#Self Knowledge

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

#Tact

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

#Equality, #Politics, #Race

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail

#Society

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is...

#Ideas, #Obstacles, #Solution

Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren't very new...

#Books, #Thought