Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.
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Quotes by Abraham Lincoln
As i would not be a slave, so i would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy.
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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 up to the light i have. I must stand with anybody that stands right — stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.
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I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
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Don't kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy. I am but God's humble instrument; but you may rest assured that as long as I live no one shall put a shackle on your limbs; and you shall have all the rights which God has given to every other free citizen of this republic.
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It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its existence in great emergencies.
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In times like the present men should utter nothing for which they would not willingly be responsible through time and in eternity.
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Without slavery the rebellion could never have existed; without slavery it could not continue.
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I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.
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