Abraham Lincoln Quotes & Sayings

“A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground.”

“This nation, under God.”

“God bless the soldiers and seamen, with all their brave commanders.”

“Let us do nothing through passion or ill temper.”

“Democracy is "government of the people, by the people, for the people."”

“We live in the midst of alarms; anxiety beclouds the future; we expect some new disaster with each newspaper we read.”

“But fight we must, and conquer we shall in the end.”

“You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”

“Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.”

“Let the people know the truth and the country is safe.”

“Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest.”

“The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor to the latest generation.”

“Be with a leader when he is right. Stay with him while he is right. Leave him when he is wrong.”

“A long visit to a friend is often a great bore. Never make people twice glad.”

“The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I haven't read.”

“If all do not join now to save the good old ship of the Union, this voyage nobody will have a chance to pilot her on another voyage.”

“Every man's happiness is his own responsibility.”

“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”

“The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not to deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just.”

“You have more of a feeling of personal resentment than I have. Perhaps I have too little of it, but I never thought it paid.”

“It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.”

“To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets but peaceful ballots only are necessary.”

“The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision.”

“Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.”