Abraham Lincoln Quotes about Politics

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You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

Abraham Lincoln

Libertarian Party, Liberty, Politics

Martin D. Tullai, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “Speaking of Abraham Lincoln”

Study the Constitution. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislatures, and enforced in courts of justice.

Abraham Lincoln

Justice, Politics, Study

What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?

Abraham Lincoln

Success, Political, Politics

Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

Abraham Lincoln

Work, Political, Politics

Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.30, Simon and Schuster

. . . peace is a thing which a person must be willing to fight for . . .

Abraham Lincoln

Peace, Fighting, Politics

It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going.

Abraham Lincoln

Horse, Politics, Easier

These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called upon to appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel.

Abraham Lincoln

People, Political, Politics

Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.64, Wildside Press LLC

My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.

Abraham Lincoln

Sweet, Politics, Short And Sweet

Abraham Lincoln, H. Jack Lang (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches”, p.1, Stackpole Books

We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.

Abraham Lincoln

Patriotic, Civil War, Politics

Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Pa., 19 Nov. 1863.

Honest statesmanship is the wise employment of individual meanness for the public good.

Abraham Lincoln

Wise, Employment, Politics

Now if you should hear any one say that Lincoln don't [sic] want to go to Congress, I wish you as a personal friend of mine, wouldtell him that you have reason to believe he is mistaken.

Abraham Lincoln

Believe, Wish, Politics