Abraham Lincoln

[Eli]

Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled or hanged! -President Abraham Lincoln

A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have. -Abraham Lincoln

All I am, or can be, I owe to my angel mother. -Abraham Lincoln

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such a purpose - and you allow him to make war at pleasure. -Abraham Lincoln

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

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

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world. -Abraham Lincoln

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. -Abraham Lincoln

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. -Abraham Lincoln  (this is one of Dad's favorite sayings)

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. -Abraham Lincoln

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them. -Abraham Lincoln

[Eli]

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. -Abraham Lincoln

Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. -Abraham Lincoln

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. Abraham Lincoln

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

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. -Abraham Lincoln

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts. -Abraham Lincoln

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. -Abraham Lincoln

I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me. -Abraham Lincoln

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

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better. -Abraham Lincoln

I will prepare and some day my chance will come. -Abraham Lincoln

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. -Abraham Lincoln

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. Abraham Lincoln

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. -Abraham Lincoln

My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. -Abraham Lincoln

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. -Abraham Lincoln

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

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. -Abraham Lincoln