Lincoln Quotes

There are currently 559 quotes in our database.
Date Quote Topics Share
12/26/1839 Broken by it I too may be; bow to it I never will. Topics: Politics,Inspirational
12/26/1839 I know that the great volcano at Washington, aroused and directed by the evil spirit that reigns there, is belching forth the lava of political corruption ... Topics: Politics
01/20/1841 I have, within the last few days, been making a most discreditable exhibition of myself in the way of hypochondriaism. Topics: Tragedy
01/23/1841 I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were equally distributed to the whole human family, there would not be one cheerful face on the earth. Topics: Tragedy
01/23/1841 To remain as I am is impossible; I must die or be better, it seems to me. Topics: Tragedy
09/27/1841 I doubt not that it [the Bible] is really … the best cure for the Blues could one but take it according to the truth. Topics: Religion
09/27/1841 The negroes were strung together precisely like so many fish upon a trot-line. In this condition they were being separated forever from the scenes of their childhood, their friends, their fathers and mothers, and brothers and sisters ... Topics: Slavery, Morality
01/03/1842 Intensity of thought … will some times wear the sweetest idea thread-bare and turn it to the bitterness of Death . Topics: Tragedy
02/13/1842 Remember in the depth and even the agony of despondency, that very shortly you are to feel well again. Topics: Tragedy
02/22/1842 When the victory shall be complete … there shall be neither a slave nor a drunkard on the earth. Topics: Slavery, Morality

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