My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. Abraham Lincoln on failure
Lets have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it. Abraham Lincoln on faith
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves. Abraham Lincoln on 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 on freedom
Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? Abraham Lincoln on friendship
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. Abraham Lincoln on future
The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use. Abraham Lincoln on future
Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. Abraham Lincoln on god
With Malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds. Abraham Lincoln on god
Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality. Abraham Lincoln on god
In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be wrong. Abraham Lincoln on god
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion. Abraham Lincoln on good
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent. Abraham Lincoln on good
No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. Abraham Lincoln on good
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Abraham Lincoln on good
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent. Abraham Lincoln on government
This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it. Abraham Lincoln on government
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 on government
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. Abraham Lincoln on government