Category: Quote of the Day

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”– Cooper Institute Address, February 27, 1860

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 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 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

It really hurts me very much to suppose that I have wronged anybody on earth.”– Debate at Quincy, October 13, 1858