Quotes by

Abraham Lincoln

It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion… – Abraham Lincoln

Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail. – Abraham Lincoln

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot. – Abraham Lincoln

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. – Abraham Lincoln

What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried? – Abraham Lincoln

My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter. – Abraham Lincoln

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. – Abraham Lincoln

I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. – Abraham Lincoln

The problem with internet quotes is that you cannot always depend on their accuracy. – Abraham Lincoln

Every man over forty is responsible for his face. – Abraham Lincoln

Hypocrite: the man who murdered both his parents… pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan. – Abraham Lincoln

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end… I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. – Abraham Lincoln

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself. – Abraham Lincoln

No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar. – Abraham Lincoln

He has the right to criticize who has the heart to help. – Abraham Lincoln

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. – Abraham Lincoln

The greatest fine art of the future will be the making of a comfortable living from a small piece of land. – Abraham Lincoln

Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle. – Abraham Lincoln

No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. – Abraham Lincoln

When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. – Abraham Lincoln