“The negative principle that no law is free law, is not much known except among lawyers.”
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Famous Abraham Lincoln Quotes
Source: Lincoln on Democracy
Source: The Portable Abraham Lincoln
“I am not an accomplished lawyer.”
Source: Lincoln on Lincoln
“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can.”
Source: The Life and Writings of Abraham Lincoln
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
“Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
Source: The Lincoln Year Book: Axioms and Aphorisms from the Great Emancipator
“Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?”
“No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.”
“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.”
“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”
“I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.”
Source: The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations
“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”
Source: The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations
“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.”
“We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
Source: Lincoln on Democracy
“Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day.”
Source: Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Book of Quotations
Source: The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path
Source: The Portable Abraham Lincoln
Source: The Lincoln treasury
Source: Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45
Source: Lincoln on Democracy
Source: The Lincoln treasury
Source: Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 1: 1832-1858: Library of America #45
Source: The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)
“I understand that it is a maxim of law, that a poor plea may be a good plea to a bad declaration.”
Source: The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Source: The Complete Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln (Biographically Annotated Edition)
“A jury too often has at least one member more ready to hang the panel than to hang the traitor.”
Source: The Lincoln encyclopedia: the spoken and written words of A. Lincoln arranged for ready reference
Source: Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)
“Teach the children so it will not be necessary to teach the adults.”
Source: Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln(1832-1865) (EasyRead Super Large 20pt Edition)
“As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man.”