Category: Quote of the Day

Go it while you’re young!”– Letter to William H. Herndon, July 11, 1848

Free labor has the inspiration of hope; pure slavery has no hope. The power of hope upon human exertion and happiness is wonderful.”– Fragment on Slavery, circa July 1, 1854

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”– Gettysburg Address, November 19, 1863

Fondly do we hope – fervently do we pray – that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.”– Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865

Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem. How far I shall succeed in gratifying this ambition, is yet… Continue reading Quote of the Day 18jul

Every man is proud of what he does well; and no man is proud of what he does not do well. With the former, his heart is in his work; and he will do twice as much of it with less fatigue. The latter performs a little imperfectly, looks at it in disgust, turns from… Continue reading Quote of the Day 17jul

Every man, black, white or yellow, has a mouth to be fed and two hands with which to feed it – and that bread should be allowed to go to that mouth without controversy.”– Speech at Hartford, Connecticut, March 5, 1860

Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.”– Address before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, September 30, 1859

Don’t interfere with anything in the constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.”– Speech at Kalmazoo, Michigan August 27, 1856

Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.”– Speech in the House of Representatives, June 20, 1848