Category: Quote of the Day

Let us diligently apply the means, never doubting that a just God, in His own good time, will give us the rightful result.”– Letter to John C. Conkling, August 26, 1863

Let North and South – let all Americans – let all lovers of liberty everywhere join in the great and good work.”– Speech at Peoria, October 16, 1854

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.”– Reply to New York Workingmen’s Democratic Republican Association, March 21, 1864

Let none falter, who thinks he is right, and we may succeed.”– Speech at Springfield, December 26, 1839

Let no young man choosing the law for a calling for a moment yield to the popular belief — resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer.”– Notes for a Law Lecture, circa July 1, 1850

Let every man remember that to violate the law is to trample on the blood of his father, and to tear the charter of his own and his children’s liberty.”– Lyceum Address, January 27, 1837

Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others.”– Lyceum Address, January 27, 1838

Let bygones be bygones; let past differences as nothing be.”– Chicago Banquet Speech, December 10, 1856

Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today.”– “Notes for a Law Lecture,” circa July 1, 1850

I wish to do justice to all.”– Speech in Congress, July 27, 1848