Abraham Lincoln Forgiveness Quotations

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?

On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.

I am slow to listen to criminations among friends, and never espouse their quarrels on either side. My sincere wish is that both sides will allow bygones to be bygones, and look to the present & future only.

Thus let bygones be bygones. Let past differences, as nothing be.

But let the past as nothing be. For the future my view is that the fight must go on.