Quotes by : Abraham Lincoln

The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field, and patriot grave, to every living heart....

My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.....

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'....

. . . that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people,....

Force is all-conquering but its victories are short-lived.

In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it,....

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

My greatest concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are concerned with your failure.

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

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.