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It is not 'Is God on my side', but 'Am I on God's side'.

It is not 'Is God on my side', but 'Am I on God's side'.

Abraham Lincoln
Sides

I never trusted a man who never smoked or drank.

Abraham Lincoln
Men, Never Trust, Drank

The power of hope upon human exertion, and happiness, is wonderful.

Abraham Lincoln
Hope, Wonderful, Exertion
Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.160, Fordham Univ Press

It is not our frowning battlements...or the strength our gallant and disciplined army? These are not our reliance against a resumption of tyranny in our fair land... Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as the heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere.

Abraham Lincoln
Army, Men, Land
"Lincoln on Democracy" by Abraham Lincoln, G. S. Boritt, Fordham University Press, (p. 128), September 1, 2004.

What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?

Abraham Lincoln
Independence, Liberty, Civic Minded
Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.128, Fordham Univ Press

I always [or "often"] walk slowly, but I never walk backwards.

Abraham Lincoln
Walks, Backwards

I hold that while a man exists, it is his duty to improve not only his own condition, but to assist in ameliorating mankind.

Abraham Lincoln
Men, Duty, Mankind
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.202, Wildside Press LLC

A man's legs must be long enough to reach the ground.

Abraham Lincoln
Men, Long, Legs

All the armies of Europe combined could not by force make a track upon the Blue Ridge, or take a drink from the Ohio. If we are to be destroyed, we must do it ourselves.

Abraham Lincoln
Army, Blue, Ohio

I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us.

Abraham Lincoln
Thinking, Apaches, Useless

The Cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one, or even one hundred defeats.

Abraham Lincoln
Liberty, Civil Rights, Causes
Abraham Lincoln, Mario Matthew Cuomo, G. S. Boritt (2004). “Lincoln on Democracy”, p.136, Fordham Univ Press

Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. The present moment finds me at the White House, yet there is as good a chance for your children as there was for my father's.

Abraham Lincoln
Children, Father, White
Gordon Leidner, Abraham Lincoln (2009). “Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches”, p.121, Sourcebooks, Inc.

There is something so ludicrous in promises of good or threats of evil a great way off as to render the whole subject with which they are connected easily turned into ridicule.

Abraham Lincoln
Evil, Promise, Way
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)”, p.34, ReadHowYouWant.com

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

Abraham Lincoln
Love, Peace, Voting
Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher (1977). “Abraham Lincoln, a Documentary Portrait Through His Speeches and Writings”, p.169, Stanford University Press

Without Divine assistance I can not succeed; with it I can not fail.

Abraham Lincoln
Spiritual, Succeed, Failing

If the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with disappointments to bevery much chagrined.

Abraham Lincoln
Disappointment, People, Election
Abraham Lincoln (2009). “The Portable Abraham Lincoln”, p.25, Penguin

We must remember that the people of all the States are entitled to all the privileges and immunities of the citizen of the several States. We should bear this in mind, and act in such a way as to say nothing insulting or irritating. I would inculcate this idea, so that we may not, like Pharisees, set ourselves up to be better than other people.

Abraham Lincoln
Religious, Ideas, People
Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.274, Wildside Press LLC

Were it not for my little jokes, I could not bear the burdens of this office.

Abraham Lincoln
Humor, Office, Littles

There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury. Cast about, and see if this feeling has not injured every person you have ever known to fall into it.

Abraham Lincoln
Fall, Men, Feelings
Abraham Lincoln (2017). “The Complete Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln”, p.454, Open Road Media

If there is no military need for the building, leave it alone, neither putting anyone in or out of it, except on finding some one preaching or practicing treason, in which case lay hands on him, just as if he were doing the same thing in any other building.

Abraham Lincoln
Military, Hands, Atheism
Abraham Lincoln, Roy Prentice Basler (1953). “Collected Works: The Abraham Lincoln Association, Springfield, Illinois. Roy P. Basler, Editor; Marion Dolores Pratt and Lloyd A. Dunlap, Assistant Editors”

I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire for themselves, and secondly those who desire it for others. Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.

Abraham Lincoln
Strong, Freedom, Men
Speech to 140th Indiana regiment, 17 Mar. 1865

And I am glad to know that there is a system of labor - where the laborer can strike if he wants to! I would to God that such a system prevailed all over the world.

Abraham Lincoln
Hard Work, World, Want
Speech, Hartford, Conn., 5 Mar. 1860

I hope it will not be irreverent in me to say, that if it be 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
Might, Belief, Duty
Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46”, p.361, Library of America

If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get books, sit down anywhere, and go to reading for yourself. That will make a lawyer of you quicker than any other way.

Abraham Lincoln
Book, Reading, Law
Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.485, Library of America

I think the authors of that notable instrument [the Declaration of Independence] intended to include all men.

Abraham Lincoln
Men, Thinking, Equality