“I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false is guilty of falsehood, and the accidental truth of the assertion does not justify or excuse him.”Abraham Lincoln
“There is no greater injustice than to wring your profits from the sweat of another man's brow.”Abraham Lincoln
“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
“Always let your subordinates know that the honor will be all theirs if they succeed and the blame will be yours if they fail.”Abraham Lincoln
“Why don't you laugh? If I did not laugh I should die, and you need this medicine as much as I do.”Abraham Lincoln
“When you have an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.”Abraham Lincoln
“Let all Americans—let all lovers of liberty everywhere—join in the great and good work. If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union; but we shall have so saved it, as to make, and to keep it, forever worthy of the saving.”Abraham Lincoln
“If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.”Abraham Lincoln
“A nation may be said to consist of its territory, its people, and its laws. The territory is the only part which is of certain durability.”Abraham Lincoln
“Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.”Abraham Lincoln
“Education does not mean teaching people what they do not know. It means teaching them to behave as they do not behave.”Abraham Lincoln
“The demon of intemperance ever seems to have delighted in sucking the blood of genius and of generosity.”Abraham Lincoln
“I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.”Abraham Lincoln
“If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend.”Abraham Lincoln
“Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in his own good time, will give us the rightful result.”Abraham Lincoln
“I'm a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn't have the heart to let him down.”Abraham Lincoln
