More quotes by Abraham Lincoln

"Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally."
"Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself."
"Take all that you can of this book upon reason, and the balance on faith, and you will live and die a happier man. (When a skeptic expressed surprise to see him reading a Bible)"
"The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is why he made so many of them."
"If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it."