Abraham Lincoln Quotes

We cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves.... The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.

History passes the final judgment.

Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody.

History will treat me right.

Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity.

The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.

For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages.

It's up to history to judge.

Behold, at this hour our moral history is being preserved for eternity. Processes are at work which will perpetuate our every act and word and thought.

I'm called away by particular business - but I leave my character behind me.

Statesmen are judged by history beyond contemporary debates.

We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us.

The eyes of all America are upon us; as we play our part … posterity will bless or curse us.

I know that after my death a pile of rubbish will be heaped on my grave, but the wind of History will sooner or later sweep it away without mercy.

To think I thought you could lose your place in history.

History will judge me... I shall remain silent.

I want to put my name in history. I love history.

I don't actually think about going down in history.

You can make history, or you will be vilified by it.

We shall go down in history as the greatest statesmen of all time,or as the greatest criminals

We have a wonderful history behind us. ... If you are unable to demonstrate to the world that you have this record, the world will say to you, 'You are not worthy to enjoy the blessings of democracy or anything else'.

What are your choices? Whom are your choices for? Not just for yourself. Chose now whom you will serve, and that choice is going to affect the next generation, and the next generation, and the next. Choice never affects just one person alone. It goes on and on and the effect goes out into geography and history. You are part of history and your choices become part of history.

Do not confound noise with fame. The man who is remembered, is not always honored.

There are generations yet unborn, whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take.