The Lincoln Year Book: Axioms and Aphorisms from the Great Emancipator

by Abraham Lincoln

THIRD

I do not argue—I beseech you to make the argument for yourself.

FOURTH

Must a government, of necessity, be too strong for the liberties of its own people, or too weak to maintain its own existence?

FIFTH

Lift artificial weights from all shoulders.

SIXTH

The purposes of the Lord are perfect and must prevail.

SEVENTH