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
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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.
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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.
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Hold on with a bulldog grip, and chew and choke as much as possible.
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The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.
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Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.
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Some day I shall be President.
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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
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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.
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With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die.
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When you have got an elephant by the hind legs and he is trying to run away, it's best to let him run.
motivational leadership inspiration
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
daughter mother truth
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
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We should be too big to take offense and too noble to give it.