The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

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

- Abraham Lincoln

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

- Abraham Lincoln

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

- Abraham Lincoln

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

- Abraham Lincoln

Democracy is government of, by and for the people

- Abraham Lincoln

As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.

- Abraham Lincoln

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

- Abraham Lincoln

Every man's happiness is his own responsibility.

- Abraham Lincoln

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.

- Abraham Lincoln

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

- Abraham Lincoln

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.

- Abraham Lincoln

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

- Abraham Lincoln

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

- Abraham Lincoln

My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.

- Abraham Lincoln

There are no bad pictures; that's just how your face looks sometimes.

- Abraham Lincoln

Whatever you are, be a good one.

- Abraham Lincoln

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

- Abraham Lincoln

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves

- Abraham Lincoln

I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.

- Abraham Lincoln

When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.

- Abraham Lincoln

A house divided against itself cannot stand.

- Abraham Lincoln