Abraham Lincoln
@a-lincoln.bsky.social
Quotes of the 16th President of the United States
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.
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.
I think it cannot be shown that when I have once taken a position, I have ever retreated from it.
February 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I think it cannot be shown that when I have once taken a position, I have ever retreated from it.
I promise you to "keep cool" under all circumstances.
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I promise you to "keep cool" under all circumstances.
The importance of thorough organization is felt and appreciated by our friends everywhere. And yet it involves so much more of dry, and irksome labor, that most of them shrink from it— preferring parades, and shows, and monster meetings. I know not how this can be helped
February 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The importance of thorough organization is felt and appreciated by our friends everywhere. And yet it involves so much more of dry, and irksome labor, that most of them shrink from it— preferring parades, and shows, and monster meetings. I know not how this can be helped
A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones.
February 4, 2026 at 10:00 PM
A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones.
All is high hope and confidence.
February 3, 2026 at 10:00 PM
All is high hope and confidence.
Do your best to get out the largest vote possible; and, of course, as much of it as possible on the right side.
February 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Do your best to get out the largest vote possible; and, of course, as much of it as possible on the right side.
You don’t know what you are talking about, my friend. I am quite willing to answer any gentleman in the crowd who asks an intelligent question.
February 1, 2026 at 10:00 PM
You don’t know what you are talking about, my friend. I am quite willing to answer any gentleman in the crowd who asks an intelligent question.
As yet, the wind is an untamed, and unharnessed force; and quite possibly one of the greatest discoveries hereafter to be made, will be the taming, and harnessing of the wind.
January 31, 2026 at 10:00 PM
As yet, the wind is an untamed, and unharnessed force; and quite possibly one of the greatest discoveries hereafter to be made, will be the taming, and harnessing of the wind.
If I fail, it will be for lack of ability, and not of purpose.
January 30, 2026 at 10:00 PM
If I fail, it will be for lack of ability, and not of purpose.
Climbing upon the back of an animal, and making it carry us, might not occur very readily. I think the back of the camel would never have suggested it.
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Climbing upon the back of an animal, and making it carry us, might not occur very readily. I think the back of the camel would never have suggested it.
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother
Have they concluded that the republican cause, generally, can be best promoted by sacraficing us here in Illinois? If so we would like to know it soon; it will save us a great deal of labor to surrender at once.
January 27, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Have they concluded that the republican cause, generally, can be best promoted by sacraficing us here in Illinois? If so we would like to know it soon; it will save us a great deal of labor to surrender at once.
His will was indomitable; but this quality often secures to its owner nothing better than a character for useless obstinacy.
January 26, 2026 at 10:00 PM
His will was indomitable; but this quality often secures to its owner nothing better than a character for useless obstinacy.
It is a long time till the election; and what may turn up, no one can tell.
January 25, 2026 at 10:00 PM
It is a long time till the election; and what may turn up, no one can tell.
A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones.
January 24, 2026 at 10:00 PM
A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems. It gives a relish, and facility, for successfully pursuing the unsolved ones.
Is he not the inventor and owner of the present, and sole hope of the future?
January 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Is he not the inventor and owner of the present, and sole hope of the future?
Though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone.
January 22, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Though I now sink out of view, and shall be forgotten, I believe I have made some marks which will tell for the cause of civil liberty long after I am gone.
Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Legislation and adjudication must follow, and conform to, the progress of society.
It seems as if the question whether my first name is "Abraham" or "Abram" will never be settled. It is "Abraham."
January 20, 2026 at 10:00 PM
It seems as if the question whether my first name is "Abraham" or "Abram" will never be settled. It is "Abraham."
The resources, advantages, and powers of the American people are very great, and they have, consequently, succeeded to equally great responsibilities.
January 19, 2026 at 10:00 PM
The resources, advantages, and powers of the American people are very great, and they have, consequently, succeeded to equally great responsibilities.
In great contests, each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong.
January 18, 2026 at 10:00 PM
In great contests, each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong.
All that can be said is "Justice and fairness to all."
January 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
All that can be said is "Justice and fairness to all."
He seems rather to have conquered by the exercise of a sober and steady judgment, coupled with a dogged incapacity to understand that defeat was possible.
January 16, 2026 at 10:00 PM
He seems rather to have conquered by the exercise of a sober and steady judgment, coupled with a dogged incapacity to understand that defeat was possible.
It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its own existence, in great emergencies.
January 15, 2026 at 10:00 PM
It has long been a grave question whether any government, not too strong for the liberties of its people, can be strong enough to maintain its own existence, in great emergencies.
I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.
January 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I have stepped out upon this platform that I may see you and that you may see me, and in the arrangement I have the best of the bargain.