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
military war government
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
war law needs
But the proclamation, as law, either is valid, or is not valid. If it is not valid, it needs no retraction. If it is valid, it can not be retracted, any more than the dead can be brought to life.
behind-you turns persons
When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.
children war father
I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has.
links principles divine
If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.
peace humor vaccines
Avoid popularity if you would have peace.
country government political
Public opinion in this country is everything.
friendship loss enemy
The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.
positive carpe-diem libertarian
Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good.
country perseverance successful
I expect to maintain this contest until successful, or till I die, or am conquered, or my term expires, or Congress or the country forsakes me...
helping poor help-the-poor
You can't help the poor by being one of them.
strive duty obligation
The sense of obligation to continue is present in all of us. A duty to strive is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty.
law needs prove
In law it is good policy to never plead what you need not, lest you oblige yourself to prove what you can not.
civil-war events confession
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.