Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Abraham Lincoln's collection of the most iconic quotations and thoughts.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

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

In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

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

Sir, 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.

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.

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

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

About Abraham Lincoln:

Was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.