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Abraham Lincoln Quotes & Quotations

"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 to be developed."
-- March 9, 1832 - First Political Announcement

"Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in."

-- March 9, 1832 - First Political Announcement

"Towering genius distains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored."
-- January 27, 1838 - Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois

"There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law."
-- January 27, 1838 - Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois

"Let every American, every lover of liberty, every well wisher to his posterity, swear by the blood of the Revolution, never to violate in the least particular, the laws of the country; and never to tolerate their violation by others."
-- January 27, 1838 - Address Before the Young Men's Lyceum of Springfield, Illinois

"Let reverence for the laws, be breathed by every American mother, to the lisping babe, that prattles on her lap -- let it be taught in schools, in seminaries, and in colleges; let it be written in Primers, spelling books, and in Almanacs; -- let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls, and enforced in courts of justice. And, in short, let it become the political religion of the nation; and let the old and the young, the rich and the poor, the grave and the gay, of all sexes and tongues, and colors and conditions, sacrifice unceasingly upon its altars."