The best way to get rid of your enemies is to make them your friends. Abraham Lincoln More Quotes by Abraham Lincoln More Quotes From Abraham Lincoln Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good. Abraham Lincoln employment politics wise Few can be induced to labor exclusively for posterity; and none will do it enthusiastically. Posterity has done nothing for us; and theorize on it as we may, practically we shall do very little for it, unless we are made to think we are at the same time doing something for ourselves. Abraham Lincoln done time thinking The power confided in me will be used to hold, occupy and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts. Abraham Lincoln used government power It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going. Abraham Lincoln easier horse politics The Democracy of to-day hold the liberty of one man to be absolutely nothing, when in conflict with another mans right of property. Republicans, on the contrary, are for both the man and the dollar; but in cases of conflict, the man before the dollar. Abraham Lincoln democracy liberty men The President to-night has a dream: - He was in a party of plain people, and, as it became known who he was, they began to comment on his appearance. One of them said: - "He is a very common-looking man". The President replied: - "The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason he makes so many of them". Abraham Lincoln party dream night In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you.... You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect and defend it. Abraham Lincoln government war hands At 50, if you are on a diet on your birthday, you can't eat a piece of your birthday cake. So grab two, a piece in each hand and, lo and behold, you will be on a balanced diet! Happy birthday, old chum! Abraham Lincoln cake birthday hands Without the Constitution and the Union, we could not have attained the result; but even these, are not the primary cause of our great prosperity. There is something back of these, entwining itself more closely about the human heart. That something, is the principle of "Liberty to all" the principle that clears the path for all-gives hope to all-and, by consequence, enterprize [sic], and industry to all. Abraham Lincoln dream heart giving Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. Abraham Lincoln public-speaking lawyer should Anybody will do for you, but not for me. Abraham Lincoln leadership Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share. Abraham Lincoln likes god forget There is a natural disgust in the minds of nearly all white people to the idea of indiscriminate amalgamation of the white and black races... A separation of the races is the only perfect preventive of amalgamation, but as an immediate separation is impossible, the next best thing is to keep them apart where they are not already together. If white and black people never get together in Kansas, they will never mix blood in Kansas... Abraham Lincoln kansas white ideas I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to. Abraham Lincoln presidential strikes want An allusion has been made to the Homestead Law. I think it worthy of consideration, and that the wild lands of the country should be distributed so that every man should have the means and opportunity of benefitting his condition. Abraham Lincoln opportunity mean country I believe the Bible is the best gift God ever gave to man. All the good from the Savior of the world is communicated to us through that book." On a personal spiritual note, Lincoln confessed, "I have been driven many times to my knees with the overwhelming conviction, that I had nowhere else to go. Abraham Lincoln spiritual believe book Military necessity does not admit of cruelty - that is, the infliction of suffering for the sake of suffering or for revenge, . . . nor of torture to extort confessions. Abraham Lincoln military revenge enemy I am for . . . each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else. Abraham Lincoln individual liberty matter Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest. Abraham Lincoln trade political The man who stands by and says nothing, when the peril of his government is discussed, can not be misunderstood. If not hindered, he is sure to help the enemy. Abraham Lincoln misunderstood men enemy
