Abraham Lincoln Quotes about Evil

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I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.

I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.

Abraham Lincoln

Bullying, Kids, Evil

The press has no better friend than I am, no one who is more ready to acknowledge . . . its tremendous power for both good and evil.

Abraham Lincoln

Evil, Ready, Acknowledge

To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is one of the highest functions of civilization.

Abraham Lincoln

Spring, Civilization, Evil

Abraham Lincoln (2009). “The Portable Abraham Lincoln”, p.159, Penguin

Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil.

Abraham Lincoln

Country, Class, Evil

Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Arnold Douglas, Rodney O. Davis, Douglas Lawson Wilson (2008). “The Lincoln-Douglas Debates”, p.193, University of Illinois Press

Almost every thing, especially of governmental policy, is an inseparable compound of the two [good and evil].

Abraham Lincoln

Two, Government, Evil

Abraham Lincoln's Speech in the House of Representatives, June 20, 1848.

There are few things wholly evil or wholly good. Almost everything, especially of government policy, is an inseparable compound of the two, so that our best judgment of the preponderance between them is continually demanded.

Abraham Lincoln

Government, Two, Evil

Gordon Leidner, Abraham Lincoln (2009). “Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches”, p.100, 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

Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil, having due regard for its actual existence amongst us and the difficulties of getting rid of it in any satisfactory way, and to all the constitutional obligations which have been thrown about it; but, nevertheless, desire a policy that looks to the prevention of it as a wrong, and looks hopefully to the time when as a wrong it may come to an end.

Abraham Lincoln

Country, Class, Evil

Abraham Lincoln (2017). “The Complete Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln”, p.905, Open Road Media