Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincolnwas the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth12 February 1809
CountryUnited States of America
motivational time men
When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
god patriotic government
That we we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom - and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
men doors land
Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.
friendship attitude power
I desire so to conduct the affairs of this administration that if at the end... I have lost every other friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.
suicide spring civil-war
At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
motivational god dream
Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.
people decision servant
The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.
life genius path
Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
president
Some day I shall be President.
time men political
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
money horse war
I can make more generals, but horses cost money.
motivational success wisdom
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
happiness smile laughter
With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
running acceptance elephants
When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.