According to snopes www . snopes .com / quotes / lincoln . asp (remove the spaces) this was never said by Lincoln. It was attributed to him fraudulently. I believe it to be a wise sentiment, but many of us here in this "choir" would agree with the idea itself. It is the people who don't agree with that corporations are a real risk that aren't going to be easily swayed. They may be potentially swayed if the words are put in someone else's mouth, though . . . So, let's "fix" the discussion beforehand with a fake quote? The quote is simply not worth repeating. Go to a different forum if you want to talk about banking law, corporate personhood, corporate subsidies, and corporate conspiracies to control society . . . Seriously, please do. But don't anyone try to defend this "quotation" by saying "it doesn't matter who said it..."