Abraham Lincoln Quotes

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.

I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.

I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.

The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.

I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.

I am humble Abraham Lincoln. I have been solicited by my friends to become a candidate for the Legislature. My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.