It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. – Abraham Lincoln
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. – Abraham Lincoln
These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have. – Abraham Lincoln
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. – Abraham Lincoln
If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business. – Abraham Lincoln
If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance. – Abraham Lincoln
I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. – Abraham Lincoln
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save, or meanly lose, the last best hope of earth. – Abraham Lincoln
The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. – Abraham Lincoln
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. – Abraham Lincoln
I do the very best I know how – the very best I can and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. – Abraham Lincoln
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. – Abraham Lincoln
My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. – Abraham Lincoln
Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them. – Abraham Lincoln
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. – Abraham Lincoln
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. – Abraham Lincoln
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? – Abraham Lincoln
It has ever been my experience that folks who have no vices, have very few virtues. – Abraham Lincoln
Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. – Abraham Lincoln
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to success is more important than any other one thing. – Abraham Lincoln
