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| It is not best to swap horses while crossing the river. -- Abraham Lincoln | |
| The Bible is not my Book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma. - Abraham Lincoln | |
| I am approached with the most opposite opinions and advice, and by men who are equally certain that they represent the divine will. I am sure that either the one or the other is mistaken in the belief, and perhaps in some respects, both. I hope it will not be irreverent of me to say that if it is probable that God would reveal his will to others on a point so connected with my duty, it might be supposed he would reveal it directly to me. - Abraham Lincoln | |
| Abraham Lincoln didn't die in vain. He died in Washington, D.C. | |
| It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away." -- Abraham Lincoln | |
| The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use. -- Abraham Lincoln | |
| Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. -- Abraham Lincoln | |
| If I knew what brand [of whiskey] he drinks, I would send a barrel or so to my other generals. -- Abraham Lincoln, on General Grant | |
| There's no honorable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except its ending. -- Abraham Lincoln, "The Savage Curtain", stardate 5906.5 | |
| For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like. -- Abraham Lincoln | |
| I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. -- Abraham Lincoln | |
| Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. -- Abraham Lincoln | |
| The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason that He makes so many of them. -- Abraham Lincoln | |
