“No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong and oppression.”Abraham Lincoln
“What I want is to get done what the people desire to have done, and the question for me is how to find that out exactly.”Abraham Lincoln
“If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.”Abraham Lincoln
“If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.”Abraham Lincoln
“This human struggle and scramble for office, for a way to live without work, will finally test the strength of our institutions.”Abraham Lincoln
“I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms, by no means excluding females.”Abraham Lincoln
“Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed.”Abraham Lincoln
“Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution and will regret it all your life.”Abraham Lincoln
“All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.”Abraham Lincoln
“Character is like a tree and reputation its shadow. The shadow is what we think it is, and the tree is the real thing.”Abraham Lincoln
“I never encourage deceit; falsehood—especially if you have a bad memory—is the worst enemy a fellow can have. Truth is your truest friend, no matter the circumstances.”Abraham Lincoln
“I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.”Abraham Lincoln
