All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother — Abraham Lincoln

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  — Abraham Lincoln

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe — Abraham Lincoln

Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be — Abraham Lincoln

Knavery and flattery are blood relations — Abraham Lincoln

Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can — Abraham Lincoln

In the end it’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years — Abraham Lincoln

With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed — Abraham Lincoln

Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day. No, no, man was made for immortality   — Abraham Lincoln

Public opinion in this country is everything  — Abraham Lincoln