Quotes from Abraham Lincoln

May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.

It is not my nature, when I see a people borne down by the weight of their shackles - the oppression of tyranny - to make their life more bitter by heaping upon them greater burdens; but rather would I do all in my power to raise the yoke than to add anything that would tend to crush them.

There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.

Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought

Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most.

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

That I am not a member of any Christian church is true; but I have never denied the truth of the Scriptures, and I have never spoken with intentional disrespect of religion in general, or of any denomination of Christians in particular.

Most people are as happy as they want to be.

You already know I desire that neither Father or Mother shall be in want of any comfort either in health or sickness while they live.

Some day I shall be President.

The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in honour or dishonour to the latest generation.

If you don't want to use the army, I should like to borrow it for a while. Yours respectfully,