I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life. – Abraham Lincoln
Whenever there is a conflict between human rights and property rights, human rights must prevail. – Abraham Lincoln
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors. – Abraham Lincoln
To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization. – Abraham Lincoln