Abraham Lincoln quotes

“Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.”

— Abraham Lincoln