All creation is a mine, and every man a miner. The whole earth, and all within it, upon it, and round about it, including himself ... are the infinitely various "leads" from which, man, from the first, was to dig out his destiny. Abraham Lincoln More Quotes by Abraham Lincoln More Quotes From Abraham Lincoln Two of my favorite things are sitting on my front porch smoking a pipe of sweet hemp, and playing my Hohner harmonica. Abraham Lincoln marijuanaweedsweet If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854. Abraham Lincoln illinoistrustpeople If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it. Abraham Lincoln divineprincipleslinks Let no feeling of discouragement prey upon you, and in the end you are sure to succeed. Abraham Lincoln moneysuccessattitude We must settle this question now -- whether in a free government the minority have the right to break it up whenever they choose. If we fail, it will go far to prove the incapability of the people to govern themselves. Abraham Lincoln minoritiesgovernmentpeople If this country is ever demoralized, it will come from trying to live without work. Abraham Lincoln entitlementtryingcountry You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. Abraham Lincoln prosperitylibertariansound All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible. Abraham Lincoln desirableall-thingsmen I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I can not remember when I did not so think, and feel. And yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling. Abraham Lincoln civil-warfeelingsthinking Reduce the supply of black labor by colonizing the black laborer out of the country, and by precisely so much you increase the demand for and wages of white labor. Abraham Lincoln blackwhitecountry A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroad to his reason. Abraham Lincoln winningheartfriendship In 1841 you and I had together a tedious low-water trip, on a Steam Boat from Louisville to St. Louis. You may remember, as I well do, that from Louisville to the mouth of the Ohio there were, on board, ten or a dozen slaves, shackled together with irons. That sight was a continual torment to me; and I see something like it every time I touch the Ohio, or any other slave-border. Abraham Lincoln ohioironsight That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ans sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thence forward, and forever free. Abraham Lincoln eightwaryears Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation. Abraham Lincoln religiousgodbible I am struggling to maintain the government, not to overthrow it. I am struggling especially to prevent others from overthrowing it. Abraham Lincoln life-strugglegovernmentstruggle 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 freedomfaithlife Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence. Abraham Lincoln independencefreedomhumanity Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms. Abraham Lincoln bosomsfrowningliberty I am an optimist because I don't see the point in being anything else. Abraham Lincoln optimist There is no greater injustice than to wring your profits from the sweat of another man's brow. Abraham Lincoln injusticesweatmen
