"No country can sustain, in idleness, more..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“It is a sin to be silent when it is your duty to protest.”

“I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me.”

“Public opinion in this country is everything.”

“In Europe the object is to make the most of their land, labour being abundant: here it is to make the most of our labour, land being abundant.”

“The Earth is given as a common for men to labor and live in.”

“Where there are millions upon millions of units of idle labour, it is no use thinking of labour-saving devices.”

“Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.”

“Worry is like rocking in a rocking chair all day, because it keeps you busy but gets you nowhere.”

“Do nothing twice over.”