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
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
If I am killed I can die but once. But to live in constant dread is to die over and over again.
— Abraham Lincoln