Abraham Lincoln ( 10 of 134 )
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.
You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.
We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.
We know nothing of what will happen in future, but by the analogy of experience.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree read more
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing read more
I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end
A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense.
A rose without thorns is like love without heartbreak; it doesn't make sense.
We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic read more
We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
