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Abraham Lincoln Quotes

«I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.»
«If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.»
Author: Abraham Lincoln (President) | About: Opportunity, Trust | Keywords: do well
«In times like these men should utter nothing for which they would not be willingly responsible through time and in eternity.»
«Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice»
«What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried»
«A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.»
«This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.»
«Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal feeling»
«Only events and not a man's exertions in his own behalf, can make a President»
Author: Abraham Lincoln (President) | Keywords: behalf, exertions
«It will not do to investigate the subject of religion too closely, as it is apt to lead to infidelity»