“We, the people, are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”Abraham Lincoln
“I hold that while a man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.”Abraham Lincoln
“Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well-wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of the country, and never to tolerate their violation by others.”Abraham Lincoln
“Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.”Abraham Lincoln
“I could not sleep when I got on the hunt for an idea, until I had caught it. This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck with me.”Abraham Lincoln
“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”Abraham Lincoln
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”Abraham Lincoln
“That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”Abraham Lincoln
“I have two great enemies: the Southern Army in front of me, and the bankers in the rear. Of the two, the one at my rear is my greatest foe.”Abraham Lincoln
“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.”Abraham Lincoln
