The Idaho Lincoln Institute has organized Abraham Lincoln’s comments and positions made between 1832 to 1865 which reflect upon ideas relevant to the issues facing America today.
The “guideposts” listing below provides links to the respective page that includes these quotes and positions, as well as a section for readers’ comments:
- Lincoln on Amending the Constitution
- Lincoln on American Exceptionalism
- Lincoln on Balancing the Budget
- Lincoln on “Career” Politicians
- Lincoln on Citizen’s Responsibility
- Lincoln on Congressional Inaction
- Lincoln on A Constitutional Convention
- Lincoln on Declaration of Wars
- Lincoln on Divisiveness Within the Republican Party
- Lincoln on Domestic Terrorism
- Lincoln on the Duty of Congress
- Lincoln on Education
- Lincoln on Federal Lands
- Lincoln on Federalism
- Lincoln on “Flip Flops”
- Lincoln on Freedom
- Lincoln on Honesty in Politics
- Lincoln on Immigration
- Lincoln on Individual Rights
- Lincoln on Informed Policy Positions
- Lincoln on International Trade
- Lincoln on Limited Government
- Lincoln on Media Bias
- Lincoln on the National Debt
- Lincoln on National Defense
- Lincoln on Political Persuasion
- Lincoln on Political Promises
- Lincoln on Politics
- Lincoln on the Presidential Election and Candidates of 2016
- Lincoln on Principled Decision Making
- Lincoln on Private Property
- Lincoln on Public Opinion and Polls
- Lincoln on the Purpose of Government
- Lincoln on Race Relations and Tensions
- Lincoln on Racial Unrest – “Black Lives Matter”
- Lincoln on Reading Bills Before Voting
- Lincoln on the Republic of States
- Lincoln on the Republican Party
- Lincoln on the Right to Rise
- Lincoln on the Role of the Judiciary
- Lincoln on Supreme Court Decisions
- Lincoln on Transportation Infrastructure
- Lincoln on the U.S. Constitution
- Lincoln on the Veterans Administration
- Lincoln on Voter Turnout
- Lincoln on the War Against Drugs
- Lincoln on the War Against “Terror”
- Lincoln on Welfare Programs
- Lincoln on the Will of the People
You can also review All Lincoln Guideposts (without readers’ comments).