Abraham Lincoln Quotes

“Let them beware of surrendering a political power which they already possess, and which if surrendered will surely be used to close the door of advancement against such as they and to fix new disabilities and burdens upon them till all of liberty...”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

topic:power liberty

“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.”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

topic:time peace

“In times like the present men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity.”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

topic:time men responsibility

“Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves”

― Abraham Lincoln, Letter to Henry L. Pierce and others

topic:freedom

“In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free—honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

topic:freedom hope slavery

“The struggle of to-day is not altogether for to-day; it is for a vast future also. With a reliance on Providence all the more firm and earnest, let us proceed in the great task which events have devolved upon us.”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

topic:future present

“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we...”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

topic:past present history

“We can succeed only by concert.”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

topic:success

“Labor is prior to and independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

“How this outbreak was induced is not definitely known, and suspicions, which may be unjust, need not to be stated.”

― Abraham Lincoln, State of the Union Address

topic:justice

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