All ABRAHAM LINCOLN Quotes about “Fighting”

“When I hear a man preach, I like to see him act as if he were fighting bees.”
“No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.”
“As long as the Almighty permitted intelligent men, created in his image and likeness, to fight in public and kill each other while the world looks on approvingly, it's not for me to deprive the chickens of the same privilege.”
“The time has come when I am for everybody fighting the rebels. Let Indians fight them; let the Negroes fight them; and if you have got any strong-legged jackasses in Iwoa that can kick rebels to death, they have my hearty consent.”
“I can't spare this man, he fights!”
“I belive that people should fight for what they believe and only what they believe.”
“IF you are going to fight, don't let them talk you into negotiating. But, if you are going to negotiate, don't let them talk you into fighting.”
“I cannot speak so confidently about the fighting qualities of the Eastern men, or what are called Yankees - not knowing myself particularly to whom the appellation belongs - but this I do know - if the Southerners think that man for man they are better than our Illinois men, or western men generally, they will discover themselves in a grievous mistake.”
“When I go hear a man speak, I like to hear him speak like he's fighting a swarm of bees.”
“. . . peace is a thing which a person must be willing to fight for . . .”
“Can treaties be more faithfully enforced between aliens than laws can among friends? Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.”
“But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on.”
“You say you will not fight to free negroes. Some of them seem willing to fight for you; but, no matter. Fight you, then exclusively to save the Union.”
“But fight we must; and conquer we shall; in the end.”

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