Abraham Lincoln
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14 quotes we’ve traced to Abraham Lincoln
“A house divided against itself cannot stand”
Verified“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal”
Verified“In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares”
Verified“Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves, and, under a just God, cannot long retain it”
Verified“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds”
Verified“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back”
Attributed“The ballot is stronger than the bullet”
Attributed“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves”
Disputed“Folks are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be”
Disputed“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe”
Disputed“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends”
Disputed“I will send a barrel of this wonderful whiskey to every general in the army”
Disputed“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle”
Disputed“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”
DisputedNot actually Abraham Lincoln
Often misattributed to Abraham Lincoln
Famous lines widely pinned on Abraham Lincoln that we’ve traced to someone else.
“A man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client”
actually Anonymous (an old law adage)
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt”
actually Maurice Switzer
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make up their minds to be”
actually Unknown
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe”
actually Anonymous woodsmen & loggers (a folk aphorism)
“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends”
actually Unknown
“I Know Only Two Tunes: One of Them Is Yankee Doodle, and the Other Isn't”
actually Ulysses S. Grant
“I will send a barrel of this wonderful whiskey to every general in the army”
actually Unknown
“If I Am To Speak Ten Minutes, I Need a Week for Preparation; If an Hour, I Am Ready Now”
actually Woodrow Wilson
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power”
actually Robert G. Ingersoll
“Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm”
actually Unknown (anonymous origin)
“The best way to predict the future is to create it”
actually Alan Kay
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle”
actually Unknown
“We Can Complain Because Rose Bushes Have Thorns, or Rejoice Because Thorn Bushes Have Roses”
actually Alphonse Karr
“Whatever you are, be a good one”
actually William Makepeace Thackeray
“When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on”
actually Anonymous (American folk proverb)
“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”
actually Unknown
“You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong”
actually William J. H. Boetcker
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