Quotations from

Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th president of the United States, from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederacy and playing a major role in the abolition of slavery.

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Quotes from Abraham Lincoln

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion.

—Abraham Lincoln

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

—Abraham Lincoln

He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met.

—Abraham Lincoln

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

—Abraham Lincoln

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

—Abraham Lincoln

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my best each and every day.

—Abraham Lincoln

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

—Abraham Lincoln

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

—Abraham Lincoln

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

—Abraham Lincoln

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

—Abraham Lincoln

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

—Abraham Lincoln

I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go.

—Abraham Lincoln

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

—Abraham Lincoln

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.

—Abraham Lincoln

I do the very best I know how-the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.

—Abraham Lincoln