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![Though [Abraham Lincoln] never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare’s kings to Merry England; he went with Lord Byron poetry to Spain and Portugal. Literature allowed him to transcend his surroundings Picture Quote #1](https://img.picturequotes.com/2/784/783534/783534.webp "Though [Abraham Lincoln] never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare’s kings to Merry England; he went with Lord Byron poetry to Spain and Portugal. Literature allowed him to transcend his surroundings Picture Quote #1")
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I say now, however, as I have all the while said, that on the territorial question - that is, the question of extending slavery under the national auspices, - I am inflexible. I am for no compromise which assists or permits the extension of the institution on soil owned by the nation (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
During the Civil War, on hearing complaints that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant drank alcohol to excess Find out what Grant drinks and send a barrel of it to each of my other generals! (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
It behooves us then to humble ourselves before the offended Power to confess our national sins and to pray for clemency and forgiveness (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
Beavers build houses; but they build them in nowise differently, or better now, than they did, five thousand years ago. Ants, and honey-bees, provide food for winter; but just in the same way they did, when Solomon referred the sluggard to them as patterns of prudence. Man is not the only animal who labors; but he is the only one who improves his workmanship (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
Don’t kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
Ordered that of the Indians and Half-breeds sentenced to be hanged by the military commission, composed of Colonel Crooks, Lt. Colonel Marshall, Captain Grant, Captain Bailey, and Lieutenant Olin, and lately sitting in Minnesota, you cause to be executed on Friday the nineteenth day of December, instant, the following names, to wit (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
I apply the Abraham Lincoln test for moral casuistry: ‘If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong.’ Well, then, if waterboarding does not constitute torture, then there is no such thing as torture (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
If I could be any famous person, I’d be John Wilkes Booth, because I’d love to shoot Abraham Lincoln in the face (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
In this temple As in the hearts of the people For whom he saved the Union The memory of Abraham Lincoln Is enshrined forever (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
I am busily engaged in the study of the Bible. I believe it is God’s word because it finds me where I am (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the nearer the Union will be ‘the Union as it was’ (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional - I think differently (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then exclusively to save the Union (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father’s child has (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain you (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without a man to help her (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
Abraham Lincoln once said that if you are a racist, I will attack you with the north. And those are the principles that I carry with me in the workplace (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘Since I will be no one’s slave, I will be no one’s master.’ (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
In our resolve to build a better world... we seek to summon what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
The US patent system adds the fuel of interest to the fire of genius in the discovery and production of new and useful things (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
Though [Abraham Lincoln] never would travel to Europe, he went with Shakespeare’s kings to Merry England; he went with Lord Byron poetry to Spain and Portugal. Literature allowed him to transcend his surroundings (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
The Presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses; and [Zachary] Taylor like others, found thorns within it. No human being can fill that station and escape censure (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
Had there not been a Mary Todd, there would not have been an Abraham Lincoln. She found him when he was a young lawyer and really a bumpkin. No one knew of him, but she recognized his brilliance (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
I could write shorter sermons but when I get started I’m too lazy to stop (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
It is your business to rise up and preserve the Union and liberty, for yourselves, and not for me. I desire they shall be constitutionally preserved (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were gay, just for starters. They didn’t have a name for it, but their primary affections and intellectual attractions were all for other men (Abraham Lincoln Quotes)