Abraham Lincoln quotes on politics

I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races - I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office

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You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.

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A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.

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When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

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I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.

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