Quotes from Abraham Lincoln
With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain you.
— Abraham Lincoln
Glory to God in the highest, Ohio has saved the Nation.
— Abraham Lincoln
Without the assistance of the Divine Being ... I cannot succeed. With that assistance I cannot fail.
— Abraham Lincoln
If we exchange one dollar, we both have one dollar each. But if we exchange one good thought, we both have two good thoughts
— Abraham Lincoln
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
— Abraham Lincoln
Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".
— Abraham Lincoln
While the people retain their virtue, and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government, in the short space of four years.
— Abraham Lincoln
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
— Abraham Lincoln
The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.
— Abraham Lincoln
Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)
— Abraham Lincoln
The health you enjoy is largely your choice
— Abraham Lincoln
You can't help the poor by being one of them.
— Abraham Lincoln