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Abraham Lincoln Quotes about Liberty

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Our reliance is in the love of liberty which God has planted in our bosoms.

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

Don't kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy.

Abraham Lincoln (1907). “The Lincoln Year Book: Containing Immortal Words of Abraham Lincoln Spoken and Written on Various Occasions, Preceded by Appropriate Scripture Texts and Followed by Choice Poetic Selections for Each Day in the Year, with Special Reference to Anniversary Dates”

I am for . . . each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.

Abraham Lincoln (1989). “Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45”, p.416, Library of America

The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty

Address at Sanitary Fair, Baltimore, Md., 18 Apr. 1864

What constitutes the bulwark of our own liberty and independence?

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

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

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

What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?

Abraham Lincoln, Stephen A. Douglas, Paul M. Angle (1958). “The Complete Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858”, p.391, University of Chicago Press