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Abraham Lincoln

1809 AD — 1865 AD

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Historical source references

Speech, June 16, 1858
Address, New York City, Feb
Second Annual Message to Congress, Dec
Speech at Gettysburg, Nov
Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865
Opinion · anthology attribution: Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism · anthology attribution: Abraham Lincoln
Popularity · anthology attribution: Abraham Lincoln
Printed citation: Abraham Lincoln
Page 150 · printed citation: Abraham Lincoln
Complete signed selection 58; printed byline: Abraham Lincoln; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901
Complete signed selection 470; printed byline: Abraham Lincoln; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901

Archive entries

01c. 1837 AD

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.

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02c. 1837 AD

Let us have faith that right makes might; and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it.

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03c. 1837 AD

In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free,—honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve.

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04c. 1837 AD

That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

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05c. 1837 AD

With malice towards none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right.

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06Undated

Public opinion, though often formed upon a wrong basis, yet generally has a strong underlying sense of justice.

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07Undated

I am not accustomed to the language of eulogy; I have never studied the art of paying compliments to women; but I must say that if all that has been said by orators and poets, since the creation of the world, in praise of woman, was applied to the women of America, it would not do them justice for their conduct during this war.

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08Undated

Avoid popularity, if you would have peace.

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09Undated

Government of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

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10Undated

Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower, where I thought a flower would grow.

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11Undated

This nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

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12Undated

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.

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13Undated

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.

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14Undated

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

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15Undated

I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.

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16Undated

The best way to predict your future is to create it.

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17Undated

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them.

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18Undated

Whatever you are, be a good one.

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19Undated

My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right.

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20Undated

Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.

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21Undated

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.

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22Undated

If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.

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23Undated

In this sad world of ours sorrow comes to all and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible except with time. You cannot now believe that you will ever feel better. But this is not true. You are sure to be happy again. Knowing this, truly believing it will make you less miserable now. I have had enough experience to make this statement.

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24Undated

Achievement has no color

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