Abraham Lincoln Quotes

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?

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

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.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

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.

You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.

When I do good I feel good, when I do bad I feel bad, and that’s my religion.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.