It is the eternal struggle between these two principles - right and wrong - throughout the world.
Morality & EthicsAbraham LincolnI have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
Mercy & CompassionAbraham LincolnMy dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth.
USAAbraham LincolnAnd in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Life, Criminal MindsAbraham LincolnYou cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.
Laziness, ResponsibilityAbraham LincolnAmerica will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
USAAbraham LincolnIf friendship is your weakest point, then you are the strongest person in the world.
FriendshipAbraham LincolnGod must love the common man, he made so many of them.
Abraham LincolnThis country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
USA, Democracy, Independence DayAbraham Lincoln (Inaugural Address), 1861We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
Enemies & Opponents, TeamAbraham Lincoln (Inaugural Address), 1861I have found that most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
HappinessAbraham LincolnThe true rule, in determining to embrace, or reject any thing, is not whether it have any evil in it; but whether it have more of evil, than of good.
Abraham LincolnPerhaps a man's character was like a tree, and his reputation like its shadow; the shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Character, AppearanceAbraham LincolnBetter to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Being SilentAbraham Lincoln