We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.


Abraham Lincoln's Lost Speech, May 29, 1856 (ed. 1897)

Abraham Lincoln Quotes

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.

We must not promise what we ought not, lest we be called on to perform what we cannot.