"We shall meanly lose or nobly save..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln
We shall meanly lose or nobly save the last hope of earth.
More by Abraham Lincoln
“I say 'try'; if we never try, we shall never succeed.”
“The available supply of gold and silver being wholly inadequate to permit the issuance of coins of intrinsic value or paper currency convertible into coin of intrinsic value or paper currency convertible into coin in the volume required to serve the needs of the People, some other basis for the issue of currency must be developed, and some means other than that of convertibility into coin must be developed to prevent undue fluctuation in the value of paper currency or any other substitute for money intrinsic value that may come into use.”
“You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then exclusively to save the Union.”
More on Hope
“In a world wracked by hatred, economic crisis, and political tension, America remains mankind's best hope.”
“For each thorn, there's a rosebud... For each twilight - a dawn... For each trial - the strength to carry on, For each storm cloud - a rainbow... For each shadow - the sun... For each parting - sweet memories when sorrow is done.”
“Sadness is but a wall between two gardens.”
More on Nation
“The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth.”
“When mother is happy, family is happy. When family is happy, nation is happy.”
“In the first place, I insist that our fathers did not make this nation half slave and half free, or part slave and part free. I insist that they found the institution of slavery existing here. They did not make it so, but they left it so because they knew of no way to get rid of it at that time.”