Quotes from Abraham Lincoln
Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.
— Abraham Lincoln
You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
— Abraham Lincoln
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
— Abraham Lincoln
All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
— Abraham Lincoln
I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.
— Abraham Lincoln
I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
— Abraham Lincoln
With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right
— Abraham Lincoln
You can complain because a rose has thorns, or you can rejoice Because the thorns have a rose.
— Abraham Lincoln
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it.
— Abraham Lincoln
I believe that every individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, so far as it in no way interferes with any other men's rights.
— Abraham Lincoln
If we cannot give freedom to every creature, let us do nothing that will impose slavery upon any other creature.
— Abraham Lincoln
It is not merely for to-day, but for all time to come that we should perpetuate for our children's children this great and free government, which we have enjoyed all our lives.
— Abraham Lincoln