“If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.”

“I am in favor of animal rights as well as human rights. That is the way of a whole human being.”

“I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all. ”

“Too big to cry too young to laugh...”

“The hen is the wisest of all the animal creation, because she never cackles until the egg is laid.”

“Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded.”

“RESPONSE TO POLITICAL SMEAR TO ROBERT ALLEN New Salem, June 21, 1836 DEAR COLONEL:—I am told that during my absence last week you passed through this place, and stated publicly that you were in possession of a fact or facts which, if known to the public, would entirely destroy the prospects of N. W. Edwards and myself at the ensuing election; but that, through favor to us, you should forbear to divulge them. No one has needed favors more than I, and, generally, few have been less unwilling to accept them; but in this case favor to me would be injustice to the public, and therefore I must beg your pardon for declining it. That I once had the confidence of the people of Sangamon, is sufficiently evident; and if I have since done anything, either by design or misadventure, which if known would subject me to a forfeiture of that confidence, he that knows of that thing, and conceals it, is a traitor to his country’s interest. I find myself wholly unable to form any conjecture of what fact or facts, real or supposed, you spoke; but my opinion of your veracity will not permit me for a moment to doubt that you at least believed what you said. I am flattered with the personal regard you manifested for me; but I do hope that, on more mature reflection, you will view the public interest as a paramount consideration, and therefore determine to let the worst come. I here assure you that the candid statement of facts on your part, however low it may sink me, shall never break the tie of personal friendship between us. I wish an answer to this, and you are at liberty to publish both, if you choose. Very respectfully, A. LINCOLN.”

“You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.”

“All that I am or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”

“Truth is generally the best vindication against slander”

“A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have.”

“if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading”

“Хората са толкова щастливи, колкото съзнанието им позволява.”

“Passion has helped us; but can do so no more. It will in future be our enemy. Reason, cold, calculating, unimpassioned reason, must furnish all the materials for our future support and defence.”

“I am growing old enough not to care much for the MANNER of doing things.”