Quote

I laugh because I must not cry, that is all, that is all.

Abraham Lincoln

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Abraham Lincoln
Age: 56 †
Born: 1809
Born: February 12
Died: 1865
Died: April 15
16Th U.S. President
Farmer
Lawyer
Military Officer
Politician
Postmaster
Statesperson
Hodgenville
Kentucky
Honest Abe
A. Lincoln
President Lincoln
Abe Lincoln
Lincoln
Uncle Abe
Tears
Laughing
Hope
Must
Laughter
Cry
Laugh

More quotes by Abraham Lincoln

Image
With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have a great respect for the semicolin it's a useful little chap
Abraham Lincoln
Image
But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now, is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed, and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all, to be an undecided experiment now, it is understood to be a successful one.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
I am for the people of the whole nation doing just as they please in all matters which concern the whole nation for that of each part doing just as they choose in all matters which concern no other part and for each individual doing just as he chooses in all matters which concern nobody else.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
I do not deny the possibility that the people may err in an election but if they do, the true [cure] is in the next election, and not in the treachery of the person elected.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
confused and Stunned, like a duck hit on the head.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
If it were not for my firm belief in an overruling Providence, it would be difficult for me, in the midst of such complications of affairs, to keep my reason on its seat. But I am confident that the Almighty has His plans, and will work them out and, whether we see it or not, they will be the best for us.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
The Lord spared the fitten and the rest he seen fitten to die.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
The severest justice may not always be the best policy
Abraham Lincoln
Image
The press has no better friend than I am, no one who is more ready to acknowledge . . . its tremendous power for both good and evil.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
If there is anything which it is the duty of the whole people to never entrust to any hands but their own, that thing is the preservation and perpetuity of their own liberties and institutions.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
When met with a problem I always ask myself what is the right thing to do and then I do it.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
We want, and must have, a national policy, as to slavery, which deals with it as being wrong.
Abraham Lincoln
Image
When someone asked Abraham Lincoln, after he was elected president, what he was going to do about his enemies, he replied, I am going to destroy them. I am going to make them my friends.
Abraham Lincoln