Quotes from Abraham Lincoln

And then, the negro being doomed, and damned, and forgotten, to everlasting bondage, is the white man quite certain that the tyrant demon will not turn upon him too?

Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.

You must think I am a high-priced man.... Fifteen dollars is enough for the job. I send you a receipt for fifteen dollars, and return to you a ten-dollar bill.

To lead, you must touch men's hearts.

In order to win a man to your cause, you must first reach his heart, the great high road to his reason.

I think I stand where that man stands.

I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man desires for himself.

Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.

While we are grateful to all the brave men and officers for the events of the past few days, we should, above all, be very grateful to Almighty God, who gives us victory.

It is easiest to "be all things to all men," but it is not honest. Self-respect must be sacrificed every hour in the day.

If the negro is a man, why then my ancient faith teaches me that 'all men are created equal,' and that there can be no moral right in connection with one man's making a slave of another.

Our strife pertains to ourselves-to the passing generations of men-and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation.

Well, I suppose you know that men will stand a good deal when they are flattered.

No man has a right to judge Andrew Johnson in any respect who has not suffered as much and done as much as he for the Nation's sake.

Prosperity is the fruit of labor. It begins with saving money.

You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.

Teach economy. That is one of the first and highest virtues. It begins with saving money.

The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative opportunity.

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

The plainest print cannot be read through a gold eagle.

All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother.

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.