Now I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil.
Abraham LincolnThe Bible is not my book and Christianity is not my religion. I could never give assent to the long complicated statements of Christian dogma.
Abraham LincolnA child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... He will assume control of your cities, states and nations. He is going to move in and take over your churches, schools, universities, and corporations ... The fate of humanity is in his hands.
Abraham LincolnThat some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
Abraham LincolnThe will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party - and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect His purpose.
Abraham Lincoln