President Lincoln was once criticized for his attitude toward his enemies. “Why do you try to make friends of them?” asked an associate. “You should try to destroy them.” “Am I not destroying my enemies,” Lincoln gently replied, “when I make them my friends?”

— Abraham Lincoln
Forgiving

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

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

— Abraham Lincoln
Failure Motivational for Success Short About Life

Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.

— Abraham Lincoln
Encouraging for Students Lifelong Learning Knowledge Reading

I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.

— Abraham Lincoln

I cannot make it better known than it already is that I strongly favor colonization.

— Abraham Lincoln

I would like to speak in terms of praise due to the many brave officers and soldiers who have fought in the cause of the war.

— Abraham Lincoln

I freely acknowledge myself the servant of the people, according to the bond of service – the United States Constitution; and that, as such, I am responsible to them.

— Abraham Lincoln

You dislike the emancipation proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional – I think differently.

— Abraham Lincoln

But the proclamation, as law, either is valid, or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction. If it is valid, it can not be retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life.

— Abraham Lincoln

Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.

— Abraham Lincoln

And then, there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonnet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation...

— Abraham Lincoln

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.

— Abraham Lincoln

There is more involved in this contest than is realized by every one. There is involved in this struggle the question whether your children and my children shall enjoy the privileges we have enjoyed.

— Abraham Lincoln

We have, as all will agree, a free Government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man. In this great struggle, this form of Government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed.

— Abraham Lincoln

We hoped for a happy termination of this terrible war long before this; but God knows best, and has ruled otherwise. We shall yet acknowledge His wisdom and our own error therein.

— Abraham Lincoln

I am much indebted to the good Christian people of the country for their constant prayers and consolations; and to no one of them, more than to yourself.

— Abraham Lincoln
Country

The Lord spared the fitten and the rest he seen fitten to die.

— Abraham Lincoln

He has got the slows, Mr. Blair.

— Abraham Lincoln

I can’t spare this man, he fights!

— Abraham Lincoln

Lamon, that speech won’t scour. It is a flat failure and the people are disappointed.

— Abraham Lincoln

I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game.

— Abraham Lincoln
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