Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
Abraham LincolnThe US patent system adds the fuel of interest to the fire of genius in the discovery and production of new and useful things
Abraham LincolnDoubtless you begin to understand how disagreeable it is to me to do a thing arbitrarily, when it is unsatisfactory to others associated with me.
Abraham LincolnWhen the white man governs himself, that is self-government; but when he governs himself and also governs another man, that is more than self-government-that is despotism.
Abraham LincolnAt what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
Abraham Lincoln