“The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present.”

— Abraham Lincoln · Wisdom quote

U.S. President · 1809 – 1865

16th president of the United States (1861-1865), who led the country through the Civil War and abolished slavery.

More like this

Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Truth is generally the best vindication against slander.

You cannot fail, if you resolutely determine that you will not.

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be