Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) was the 16th President of the United States, and has been remembered as "Great Emancipator" because he ended slavery in the United States.
亞伯拉罕 林肯（1809年—1865年）美國第16任美國總統。總統任內廢除奴隸制，因而被譽為"偉大的解放者"。
2064. I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day. 中文 / Chinese：
我曾經被壓倒的信念令我跪下而我不知所措。我的智慧，似乎並不足夠。
2065. I laugh because I must not cry. That is all. That is all. 中文 / Chinese：
我笑因為我不可以哭。就是這樣。就是這樣。
2066. I must stand with anybody that stands right and part from him when he goes wrong. 中文 / Chinese：
我一定要站在正確的一方和在他做錯時離去。
2067. I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day. 中文 / Chinese：
我從沒有一個政策；我只不過嘗試每一天做到最好。
2068. I say ‘try'; if we never try, we shall never succeed. 中文 / Chinese：
“嘗試”，我說。假如我們從不嘗試，我們永遠不會成功。
2069. I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination. I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing. 中文 / Chinese：
我不會做我能力可及的更多，我會做我所能做的去挽救政府，這是我宣誓的職責兼且是我個人的本意。我不會做任何惡念的事。我所要處理的太巨大而不能用惡念處理。
2070. If elected I shall be thankful; if not, it will be all the same. 中文 / Chinese：
假如我被選中我會感恩；假如不是，它會是一樣。
2023. 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. 中文 / Chinese：
我可以明白為什麼當人向下望地球時相信無神論，但我不能夠明白為何當人向上望而說上帝並不存在。
2024. I do not impugn the motives of any one opposed to me. 中文 / Chinese：
我不指摘任何反對我的人的動機。
2025. I do the very best I know how – the very best I can; and I mean to keep doing so until the end. 中文 / Chinese：
我把我懂得的做到最好 - 盡一切能力；而我打算繼續做到最後。
2026. I don't believe in a law to prevent a man from getting rich; it would do more harm than good. 中文 / Chinese：
我不相信法律防止一個人置富；它會做成傷害多過得益。
2027. I don't know who my grandfather was; I am much more concerned to know who my grandson will be. 中文 / Chinese：
我不知道我的袓父是誰；我甚關注我的孫子會是誰。
2028. I don't think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. 中文 / Chinese：
我對一個沒有比昨天明智的人不太欣賞。
2029. I dream of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. 中文 / Chinese：
我夢到美國會有一天再被認為是世上最好的最後希望。
2030. I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice. 中文 / Chinese：
我總是覺得仁慈比嚴法更有效。
1994. Happy day, when, all appetites controlled, all poisons subdued, all matter subjected, mind all conquering mind, shall live and move the monarch of the world. 中文 / Chinese：
快樂日子是當所有欲念受到控制，所有毒藥受到壓制，所有事情有所依據，有著征服一切的思想。這樣你會快樂和統治這世界。
1995. Having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts. 中文 / Chinese：
當選擇了路線，沒有詭計和純淨的意圖，讓我們重定對上帝的信念，帶著雄赳赳的心和不害怕地向前行。
1996. Human action can be modified to some extent, but human nature cannot be changed. 中文 / Chinese：
人類的行為在有限度的情況下可以改變，但人類的本質不能被改變。
1997. I am always for the man who wishes to work. 中文 / Chinese：
我永遠支持那些願意做工的人。
1998. I am not concerned that you have fallen. I am concerned that you arise. 中文 / Chinese：
我不擔心你跌倒。我擔心你爬起來。
1999. I am naturally anti-slavery. 中文 / Chinese：
我生來就反對奴隸制度。
2000. I can make a General in five minutes but a good horse is hard to replace. 中文 / Chinese：
我五分鐘製造一個將軍但一匹馬是難以代替。
1964. Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these I reckon will give you a good lift. 中文 / Chinese：
不要擔心；一天吃三餐；說禱文；對債權人有禮貌；保持消化良好；運動；放慢和放鬆。或許你需要其他事情令你快樂，但是，我的朋友，這些我認為會對你有幫助。
1965. Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties. 中文 / Chinese：
不要干預憲法裡的任何事。一定要維持它，因為它是我們的自由唯一的保障。
1966. Every man over forty is responsible for his face. 中文 / Chinese：
每一個超過四十的男人要對自己的面孔負責。
1967. Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived. 中文 / Chinese：
武力可擊敗一切，但它的勝利是短暫的。
1968. Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought. 中文 / Chinese：
自由不是想做任何事情的權利，但是應做的權利。
1969. Freedom is the last, best hope of earth. 中文 / Chinese：
自由是地球最後，最好的希望。
1970. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. 中文 / Chinese：
上帝不能同一時間同意和反對同樣事物。
1971. Half-finished work generally proves to be labor lost. 中文 / Chinese：
半完成品通常顯示著勞動力損失。
1909. Avoid popularity if you would have peace. 中文 / Chinese：
假如你想平靜，避享盛名。
1910. Bad promises are better broken than kept. 中文 / Chinese：
壞的承諾，破壞比履行好。
1911. Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. 中文 / Chinese：
你要肯定你的腳站在對的地方，然後站穩。
1912. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt. 中文 / Chinese：
保持沈默而被認為愚蠢，比起說話去消除所有疑慮為好。
1913. Commitment is what transforms a promise into reality. 中文 / Chinese：
承諾轉變一個承諾成為現實。
1914. Beware of rashness, but with energy, and sleepless vigilance, go forward, and give us victories. 中文 / Chinese：
當心魯莽，但要有活力，不眠的警惕，向前走，和給我們的勝利。
1915. Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing. 中文 / Chinese：
性格像一顆樹和名望是它的影子。我們想得到影子；但樹才是真實的。
1916. Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way. 中文 / Chinese：
決定了一件要做的事情，我們就會找到方法。
1917. Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. 中文 / Chinese：
不要擔心你不被認同，但努力去做一個值得認同的人。
1895. I’m a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down. 中文 / Chinese：
我今天成功是因為我有一個朋友相信而我不忍心辜負他。
1896. A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have. 中文 / Chinese：
朋友是一個跟你有同樣敵人的人。
1897. A Government of the people, by the people and for the people, shall not perish from the earth. 中文 / Chinese：
人民的政府，源自人民和為了人民，不可在世上消失。
1898. According to our ancient faith, the just powers of governments are derived from the consent of the governed. 中文 / Chinese：
根據我們古代的信念，政府公平的力量起源于被統治人們所同意的。
1899. Adhere to your purpose and you will soon feel as well as you ever did. On the contrary, if you falter, and give up, you will lose the power of keeping any resolution, and will regret it all your life. 中文 / Chinese：
堅持著你的宗旨，你很快會感到好了。相反地，假如你畏縮，放棄，你會失去堅持的能力，及後悔一生。
1900. Again, a law may be both constitutional and expedient, and yet may be administered in an unjust and unfair way. 中文 / Chinese：
再一次，法律可能合乎憲法和權宜的，然而在履行時會出現不公平的和有偏私的情況。
1901. America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. 中文 / Chinese：
美國永不會被外界所摧毀。假如我們畏縮和失去自由，我們會毀滅自己。
997. In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.
中文 / Chinese：
到最後，不是人生的年數有價值。而是那些年過的生活。
998. That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.
中文 / Chinese：
那些獲得偉大的成就，是證明到其他人也能做到。
999. I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
中文 / Chinese：
我想看見一個人為他住的地方自豪。我想看見一個地方為他居住著自豪。
1000. Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.
中文 / Chinese：
拿著書本，坐在任何地方，自己去讀它們。
1001. 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.
中文 / Chinese：
當我準備好跟別人講話，我花三份二時間想他們想聽什麼和三份一時間想關於我想講什麼。
1002. I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.
中文 / Chinese：
我寧願寂寂無名，好過做邪惡某人。
1003. You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry.
中文 / Chinese：
要知道一個人的偉大看什麼令他生氣。
1004. Everybody likes a compliment.
中文 / Chinese：
每人都喜歡恭維話。
988. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm. 中文 / Chinese：
你抱負不凡，在合理範圍內，好多過壞。
989. Leave nothing for tomorrow which can be done today. 中文 / Chinese：
今天可以做的事情不要到明天。
990. Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. 中文 / Chinese：
差不多所有人都可以對抗逆境，但如果你想要測試一個人的人格，給予他權力。
991. The best way to predict your future is to create it. 中文 / Chinese：
預測將來最好的方法是創造它。
992. I do the very best I know how, the very best I can, and I mean to keep on doing so until the end. 中文 / Chinese：
我把我知道的做到最好，用我最大的努力，和我打算一直做到完結。
993. Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it. 中文 / Chinese：
那些要在人裡尋找壞的會肯定找到。
994. Every man’s happiness is his own responsibility. 中文 / Chinese：
每一個人的快樂是他自己的責任。
995. The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time. 中文 / Chinese：
將來有一個好處是它一天一天的到來。
996. Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally. 中文 / Chinese：
每當我聽到任何人為奴隸制度爭論，我有一個強烈的衝動想看看他親身體驗一下。
812. Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much. 中文 / Chinese：
我們的政府以民意為基礎。誰可以改變民意，就可以改變政府，事實正是這樣。
813. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy. 中文 / Chinese：
明白地說，脫離論的主要概念，是混亂的本質。
814. Welcome, or unwelcome, agreeable, or disagreeable, whether this shall be an entire slave nation, is the issue before us. 中文 / Chinese：
歡迎，或不歡迎，同意，或不同意，整個國家應否採用奴隸制度，是我們當前要商討的問題。
815. Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. The present moment finds me at the White House, yet there is as good a chance for your children as there was for my father's. 中文 / Chinese：
世上沒有任何地方有一個這樣自由和平等的政府。我們之中有謙虛和貧窮的支撐著高特權和高職位。現在我在白宮，你跟我父親一樣，子女們有著同樣好的機會。
816. I believe this Government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved -- I do not expect the house to fall -- but I do expect it will cease to be divided. 中文 / Chinese：
我相信這個政府不可以忍受，永遠地半奴隸和半自由。我不相信聯邦會解散 — 我不預期議會瓦解 — 但我預期分歧會終止。
296. No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. 中文 / Chinese：
沒有人有足夠好的記憶做一個成功的騙子。
297. You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. 中文 / Chinese：
你今天逃避不了明天的責任。
298. "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time. 中文 / Chinese：
你可以經常欺骗某一些人，或有時欺骗所有人，但你不能經常欺骗所有人。
299. Every person's happiness is their own responsibility. 中文 / Chinese：
每一個人的快樂是他們自己的責任。
300. Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. 中文 / Chinese：
給我六小時斬下一顆樹，我會用首四小時去磨利斧頭。
301. My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure. 中文 / Chinese：
我關心的不是你曾否失敗，而是你是否滿意你的失敗。
302. As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. 中文 / Chinese：
我不想成為奴隸，所以我不想成為主人。這表達了我的民主概念。
303. I don't like that man. I must get to know him better. 中文 / Chinese：
我不喜歡那人。我一定要更深入認識他。
304. Important principles may, and must, be inflexible. 中文 / Chinese：
重要性的原則一定不能靈活。
1. My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. 中文 / Chinese：
我關心的不是上帝是否站在我們這邊，我最關心的是我們是否站在祂那邊，因為祂永遠是對的。
2. All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. 中文 / Chinese：
我的一切，或是我渴望成為的那個人，我都欠我的天使母親。
3. Why do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?" 中文 / Chinese：
化敵為友，為甚麼不等於消滅敵人？
4. Whatever you are, be a good one.
中文 / Chinese：
無論你是什麼，做個好的。
5. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.
中文 / Chinese：
那些否定其他人自由的人不應擁有自由；還有，在公正的上帝下，不會長久擁有。
6. I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.
中文 / Chinese：
我是個慢行的人，但是我從不走回頭路。
7. I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to
succeed, but I am bound to live up to what light I have.
中文 / Chinese：
我不是理應會贏，但我必定要真誠。我不是理應會成功，但我必定要活出我擁有的光釆。
8. I will prepare and some day my chance will come. 中文 / Chinese：
我會準備，有一天我的機會會來臨。
