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Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

Abraham Lincoln
Agreement, Mind, Single Relationship
Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.1312, Jazzybee Verlag

My wife is as handsome as when she was a girl, and I...fell in love with her; and what is more, I have never fallen out.

Abraham Lincoln
Girl, Love You, Wife

This nation under God

Abraham Lincoln
Bible, God, Religious
Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov. 1863.

None seemed to think the injury arose from the use of a bad thing but from the abuse of a very good thing

Abraham Lincoln
Wine, Thinking, Abuse
Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.225, Jazzybee Verlag

What I want is to get done what the people desire to have done, and the question for me is how to find that out exactly.

Abraham Lincoln
People, Democracy, Desire

Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.

Abraham Lincoln
Lawyer, Public Speaking, Should
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.50, ReadHowYouWant.com

The solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.

Abraham Lincoln
Pride, Sacrifice, Civil War
Letter to Lydia Bixby, 21 Nov. 1864.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

Abraham Lincoln
Captivity, Bondage, Limbs
Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.679, Jazzybee Verlag

Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest.

Abraham Lincoln
Money, Principles, Moral

I always remember the prayers of my mother as they always forever.

Abraham Lincoln
Mother, Prayer, Forever

In all that people can do for themselves, government ought not to interfere.

Abraham Lincoln
Government, People, Ought

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.

Abraham Lincoln
Change, Past, Space
Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

Fondly do we hope, ferverently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.

Abraham Lincoln
Peace, War, Ubuntu
Second Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1865

I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.

Abraham Lincoln
Famous Inspirational, Desire, World
Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

Certainly there is no contending against the Will of God; but still there is some difficulty in ascertaining, and applying it, to particular cases.

Abraham Lincoln
Religious, Cases, Difficulty
Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.131, Fordham Univ Press

I am greatly obliged to you, and to all who have come forward at the call of their country.

Abraham Lincoln
Country, War, Civil War
Abraham Lincoln (1944). “Selected writings of Abraham Lincoln”, p.310, Рипол Классик

I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.

Abraham Lincoln
War, Holiday, Wish
Abraham Lincoln (2001). “Lincoln's Words: Sentiments from the 16th President of the United States”

Let us strive on to finish the work we are in.

Abraham Lincoln
Motivational, Civil War, Charity
Second Inaugural Address, 4 Mar. 1865

Work, work, work, is the main thing.

Abraham Lincoln
Work, Hard Work, Labor
Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.178, Fordham Univ Press

It is better then, to save the work while it is begun. You have done the labor; maintain it - keep it. If men choose to serve you, go with them; but as you have made up your organization upon principle, stand by it; for as surely as God reigns over you, and has inspired your mind, and given you a sense of propriety, and continues to give you hope, so surely will you still cling to these ideas, and you will at last come back after your wanderings, merely to do your work over again.

Abraham Lincoln
Work, Men, Organization
Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Carl Schurz, Joseph Choate, Francis F. Browne (2017). “LINCOLN – Complete 7 Volume Edition: Biographies, Speeches and Debates, Civil War Telegrams, Letters, Presidential Orders & Proclamations: Including the Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt & 3 Biographies: The Every-day Life of the President, Lincoln by Carl Shurz and Abraham Lincoln by Joseph H. Choate”, p.899, Madison & Adams Press

In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free.

Abraham Lincoln
Congress And The President, Giving, Civil War
Annual Message to Congress, 1 Dec. 1862

I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to.

Abraham Lincoln
Presidential, Want, Strikes
Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.176, Fordham Univ Press

Human-nature will not change.

Abraham Lincoln
Change, Human Nature, Humans
Abraham Lincoln (1999). “Lincoln on Lincoln”, p.160, University Press of Kentucky

We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.

Abraham Lincoln
Mean, Civil War, Liberty
Address at Sanitary Fair, Baltimore, Md., 18 Apr. 1864

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.

Abraham Lincoln
Wisdom, Live Concerts, People
Abraham Lincoln (2012). “The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)”, p.149, Jazzybee Verlag