Abraham Lincoln on Losing Freedom

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Lincoln on Mercy vs. Justice

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.  (Abraham Lincoln)

Lincoln on Consent of the Governed

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent. (Abraham Lincoln)

Abraham Lincoln: Do Our Duty

Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves. LET US HAVE FAITH THAT RIGHT MAKES MIGHT, AND IN THAT FAITH, LET US, TO THE END, DARE TO DO OUR DUTY AS WE UNDERSTAND IT.

Honest Abe

We can examine the exemplary lives of many great leaders. Jefferson was not alone. As a frontier lawyer, Abraham Lincoln established a recognition for his dedicated honesty and integrity. Lincoln did not like to charge people much who were as poor as he was. Once a man sent him twenty-five dollars, but Lincoln sent him back ten of it, saying he was being too generous.



Lincoln was known at times to convince his clients to settle their issue out of court, saving them a lot of money, and earning himself nothing.


Can anyone imagine such a lawyer in practice today?

Would such a quality be something we should seek for in political leaders today? How do we identify or measure such character in an individual?