Lincoln’s Wit/Wisdom 325

'I am not ashamed to confess that 25 years ago I was a hired laborer hauling rails at work on a flatboat - just what might happen to any poor man's son. I want every man to have a chance.'

- Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln’s Wit/Wisdom 324

'I am not bound to win but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right and stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.'

- Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln’s Wit/Wisdom 323

'I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not it is at least more unusual nowadays to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot.'

- Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln’s Wit/Wisdom 322

‘I am slow to learn, and slow to forget. My mind is like a piece of steel - very hard to scratch anything on it, and almost impossible after you get it there to rub it out.'

- Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln’s Wit/Wisdom 321

'I appeal to you again to constantly bear in mind that with you - not with politicians, not with Presidents, not with office-seekers but with you - is the question “Shall the Union and shall the liberties of this country be preserved to the latest generation?”’

- Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln’s Wit/Wisdom 320

'I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruits of his labor, insofar as it in no wise interferes with any other man's rights.'

- Abraham Lincoln