Abraham Lincoln Quotes

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The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
- Abraham Lincoln

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I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace.
- Abraham Lincoln

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Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.
- Abraham Lincoln

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I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
- Abraham Lincoln

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I don’t know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know who his grandson will be.
- Abraham Lincoln

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Teach the children so that it willnot be necessary to teach the adults.
- Abraham Lincoln

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In times like the present, men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and eternity.
— Abraham Lincoln

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Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
- Abraham Lincoln

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Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.
- Abraham Lincoln

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If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.
- Abraham Lincoln

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

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

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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
- Abraham Lincoln

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America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
- Abraham Lincoln

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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.
- Abraham Lincoln

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You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
- Abraham Lincoln

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That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
- Abraham Lincoln

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The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.
- Abraham Lincoln

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Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world.
- Abraham Lincoln

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

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Whatever you are be a good one.
- Abraham Lincoln

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People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
- Abraham Lincoln

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Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
- Abraham Lincoln

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I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.
- Abraham Lincoln

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Understanding the spirit of our institutions is to aim at the elevation of men; I am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them.
- Abraham Lincoln

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