“I would not like to be a slave, and I would not like to be a slave owner. This expresses my understanding of democracy.”
“A ballot paper is stronger than a bullet.”
“In the near future there will be a turning point that worries me greatly and makes me tremble for the fate of my country... The rise to power of corporations will inevitably entail an era of corruption and decay in the highest bodies of the country, and capital will seek to assert its dominance, playing on the darkest instincts of the masses, until all national wealth is concentrated in the hands of a select few - and then the end of the republic. (said shortly before Lincoln's death)”
Translated from Russian · source: wisdomlib.ru