"If we know where we are and..." - Quote by Abraham Lincoln

“And, inasmuch [as] most good things are produced by labour, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labour has produced them. But it has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have laboured, and others have, without labour, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To [secure] to each labourer the whole product of his labour, or as nearly as possible, is a most worthy object of any good government.”

“In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.”

“The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.”

“A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up.”

“Breaking old habits and forming new ones always takes time, but it is worth it in the end.”

“The only people who cannot change are the most wise and the most stupid.”

“A child is a person who is going to carry on what you have started ... the fate of humanity is in his hands.”

“I fear that he who walks over these fields a century hence will not know the pleasure of knocking off wild apples. Ah, poor man, there are many pleasures which he will not know!”

“History is a record of perpetual wars, but we are now trying to make new history.”