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I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine. — Lincoln Child

Secretary of War Stanton used to get out of patience with Lincoln because he was all the time pardoning men who ought to be shot. — Elihu Root

With the catching end the pleasures of the chase. — Abraham Lincoln

Upon the subject of education ... I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people may be engaged in. — Abraham Lincoln

The greatest human achievement is love. — Leo Tolstoy

You can't help the poor by being one of them. — Abraham Lincoln

Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. — Abraham Lincoln

The ballot is stronger than the bullet. — Abraham Lincoln

Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence. — Abraham Lincoln

The only security a man can ever have is the ability to do a job uncommonly well. — Abraham Lincoln

Was not Abraham Lincoln an extremist? - "This nation cannot survive half slave and half free." — Martin Luther King Jr.

If we magnified our successes as much as we magnify our disappointments, we'd all be much happier — Abraham Lincoln

Don't kneel to me, that is not right. You must kneel to God only, and thank Him for the liberty you will hereafter enjoy. — Abraham Lincoln

The trouble with too many people is they believe the realm of truth always lies within their vision. — Abraham Lincoln

Money powers prey upon the nation in times of peace & conspire against it in times of adversity. — Abraham Lincoln

The color of your skin is your uniform in this ultimate battle for the survival of the West. — George Lincoln Rockwell

Slavery in New Hampshire was never legally abolished, unless Abraham Lincoln did it. The State itself has not ever pronounced any emancipation edict. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich

I have got you together to hear what I have written down. I do not wish your advice about the main matterfor that I have determined for myself. — Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln is reputed to have said that if he had eight hours to cut down a tree, he'd spend several of these hours sharpening his ax. — Irvin D. Yalom

The better part of one's life consists of his friendships. — Abraham Lincoln

This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave. — Abraham Lincoln

Those who are ready to sacrifice freedom for security ultimately will lose both. — Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln had faith in time, and time has justified his faith. — Benjamin Harrison

I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing, that no man desires for himself. — Abraham Lincoln

Someone once called Lincoln two-faced. "If I am two-faced, would I wear the face that I have now?" Lincoln asked. — Judith St. George

I am satisfied that when the Almighty wants me to do or not do any particular thing, He finds a way of letting me know it — Abraham Lincoln

I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back. — Abraham Lincoln

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share. — Abraham Lincoln

I am nothing, truth is everything. — Abraham Lincoln

IF you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But, if you are going to negotiate, don't let them talk you into fighting. — Abraham Lincoln

Our strife pertains to ourselves-to the passing generations of men-and it can without convulsion be hushed forever with the passing of one generation. — Abraham Lincoln

Discipline is choosing between what you want now, and what you want most. — Abraham Lincoln

It is a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion ... — Abraham Lincoln

I hear you have abolitionists here. We have a few in Illinois, but we shot one the other day. — Abraham Lincoln

I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain. — Abraham Lincoln

I never tire of reading Tom Paine. — Abraham Lincoln

As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now? — Abraham Lincoln

You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right. — Abraham Lincoln

I see dead Presidents. Lincoln, Jefferson, Franklin, and Washington. — Nicole Fende

History is not history unless it is the truth. — Abraham Lincoln

The worst thing you can do for anyone you care about is anything that they can do on their own. — Abraham Lincoln

Then he leans back in his chair, pressing his hands together like he's having an intellectual bowel movement, his brows seriously furrowed. — J. Lincoln Fenn

A right result, at this time, will be worth more to the world, than ten times the men, and ten times the money. — Abraham Lincoln

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance. — Abraham Lincoln

Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet. — Abraham Lincoln

And no, I don't mind if you want to write me again. Even if you do it in one of those kitten-hanging-from-a-tree cards. ~Lincoln — Katie McGarry

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. — Abraham Lincoln

When I was a child I had a crush on Abraham Lincoln. Why I would choose to reveal this, I know not. — Julia Roberts

If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union? — Abraham Lincoln

In all that people can do for themselves, government ought not to interfere. — Abraham Lincoln

Nothing will divert me from my purpose. — Abraham Lincoln

Calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg. — Abraham Lincoln

Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory. — Abraham Lincoln

I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know what his grandson will be. — Abraham Lincoln

Sending armies to McClellan is like shoveling fleas across a barnyard, not half of them get there. — Abraham Lincoln

Unless there comes to the Nation a greater emancipation than Lincoln's Proclamation effected, it is doomed, it is bound to go down. — Francis James Grimke

Knavery and flattery are blood relations. — Abraham Lincoln

If Lincoln freed the slaves and preserved the Union, how come
'Lincolnesque' just means tall? — Calvin Trillin

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee. — Abraham Lincoln

The world is agreed that labor is the source from which human wants are mainly supplied. There is no dispute upon this point. — Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln learned to summon the passions, but he never addressed his audience as sweethearts. — Richard Brookhiser

The name of Abraham Lincoln is imperishable. — Matthew Simpson

I am a moderate walker, however I never stroll back. — Abraham Lincoln

Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature can not be changed — Abraham Lincoln

Character is the tree, reputation is the shadow. — Abraham Lincoln

There's no better way to unplug than having children. Changing diapers is one of the most leveling things that has ever happened to me. — Andrew Lincoln

The best thing you can do is to be a woman and stand before the world and speak your heart. — Abbey Lincoln

One of my top priorities in Congress is to reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels. — Lincoln Diaz-Balart

Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill rode to glory on the back of the strong declarative sentence. — William Zinsser

God gave us Lincoln and Liberty, let us fight for both. — Ulysses S. Grant

I would rather be assassinated than see a single star removed from the American flag. — Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, given November 19, 1863 on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA — Abraham Lincoln

Mr. Lincoln had no hope, and no faith, in the usual acceptation of those words. — Mary Todd Lincoln

Free labor has the inspiration of hope; pure slavery has no hope. — Abraham Lincoln

She did love Paul during certain hours of certain days. How many hours did you have to love someone to be in love? — Lincoln Michel

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. — Abraham Lincoln

Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream. — Abraham Lincoln

Take advice, but not orders. Only give yourself orders. Abraham Lincoln once said, 'Since I will be no one's slave, I will be no one's master.' — Jim Rohn

I do things by the book, even when the book is stupid. You know why? That's how we get the conviction. — Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Work, work, work, is the main thing. — Abraham Lincoln

I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody. — Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln said, 'With malice toward none, with charity to all.' Nowadays they say, 'Think the way I do or I'll bomb the daylights outta you.' — Lionel Barrymore

Really, Mr. Lincoln, I have had enough of this show business. — Ulysses S. Grant

I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it. — Abraham Lincoln

I think there were two great gay Americans obviously, and that was Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman. — Andrew Sullivan

I don't like to hear cut and dried sermons. No - when I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees. — Abraham Lincoln

With malice towards none; with charity for all ... — Abraham Lincoln

My father required me to honor my father and my mother too much to put up games on them. I did on occasion. — Lincoln Steffens

Lincoln, considering a Cabinet nominee: He is a Radical without the petulance and fretfulness of many radicals. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

If she were a president, she'd be Baberham Lincoln. — Garth Brooks

I learned courage from Buddha, Jesus, Lincoln, Einstein, and Mr. Cary Grant. — Peggy Lee

I've danced since I was 5 and went to the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center at 7. — Sarah Hay

And Lincoln, as would be evidenced throughout his presidency, was a master of timing. — Doris Kearns Goodwin

In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak, and as strong; as silly and as wise; asbad and good. — Abraham Lincoln

The funny thing about writing is I think a lot of people assume that you're sitting in a garret with a quill pen for hour after hour. — Lincoln Child

If we invest in the American people, the American people always bring this Nation a good return. — Blanche Lincoln

You can make any quote sound meaningful by putting a famous person's name after it. — Abraham Lincoln

Sometimes when we spend too much time staring into the darkness, we forget there is light. — Lincoln Farish

When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad, and that is my religion. - Abraham Lincoln — Bruce Weinstein

Behind the cloud the sun is still shining. — Abraham Lincoln