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Quotes from President Abraham Lincoln

16th President of the United States

President Abraham Lincoln: Humor

He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know.

President Abraham Lincoln: Proverb

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

President Abraham Lincoln: Proverb

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.

President Abraham Lincoln: Proverb

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

President Abraham Lincoln: Proverb

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

President Abraham Lincoln: Politics

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

President Abraham Lincoln: Military

It seems that one day a telegraph operator at the War Department informed President Lincoln the Confederates had captured numerous horses and a Union brigadier general, but the operator was surprised when the president showed more concern for the horses. Apparently President Lincoln explained his concern with the comment that: I can make a brigadier general in five minutes. But it's not so easy to replace 100 horses.

President Abraham Lincoln: Observations

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

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