LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : What is conservatism? Is it not adherence to the old and tried, against the new and untried? (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : A house divided against itself cannot stand - I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : In the end, it's not the years in your life that count; it's the life in your years. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : Give me 6 hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first 4 sharpening the axe. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : The people of these United States are the rightful masters of both Congresses and courts, not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : I have always found that mercy bears richer fruit than strict justice. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician and lawyer who served as the 16th President of the United States, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : We here highly resolve that . . . government of the people, by the people, and for the people shall not perish from the earth. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician who served as the 16th U.S. President, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : Important principles may and must be flexible. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician who served as the 16th U.S. President, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first four hours sharpening the axe. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician who served as the 16th U.S. President, 1809-1865)

LINCOLN, ABRAHAM : I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. (Abraham Lincoln, U.S. politician who served as the 16th U.S. President, 1809-1865)