"Nations do not die from invasion; they die from internal rottenness." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country... corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"Violence begins where knowledge ends." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world." ~ Abraham Lincoln
"A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have." ~ Abraham Lincoln