Abraham Lincoln - I have always hated slavery, I think as much as any Abolitionist.

Abraham Lincoln - I remember my mother's prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.

Abraham Lincoln - Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

Abraham Lincoln - Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Abraham Lincoln - Avoid popularity if you would have peace.

Abraham Lincoln - How many legs does a dog have if you call his tail a leg? Four. Saying that a tail is a leg doesn't make it a leg.

Kevin Bales - Slavery is theft—theft of a life, theft of work, theft of any property or produce, theft even of the children a slave might have borne.

Matthew Arnold - It is so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done

Abraham Lincoln - All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

Abraham Lincoln - The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Abraham Lincoln - If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.

Abraham Lincoln - The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.

Abraham Lincoln - Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

Abraham Lincoln - Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?

Abraham Lincoln - Folks are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

Abraham Lincoln - No man stands taller than when he stoops to help a child.