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
perseverance government duty
I shall not do more than I can, and I shall do all I can to save the government, which is my sworn duty as well as my personal inclination. I shall do nothing in malice. What I deal with is too vast for malicious dealing.
believe purpose slavery
I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare that "I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so."
hypocrite political slavery
We were proclaiming ourselves political hypocrites before the world, by thus fostering Human Slavery and proclaiming ourselves, at the same time, the sole friends of Human Freedom.
hard-work comfort source
Labor is the great source from which nearly all, if not all, human comforts and necessities are drawn.
hard-work half lost
Half finished work generally proves to be labor lost.
hard-work men reason
The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous...
wise men law
Law is nothing else but the best reason of wise men applied for ages to the transactions and business of mankind.
helping poor help-the-poor
You can't help the poor by being one of them.
helping
A day spent helping no one but yourself is a day wasted.
enemy powerful-life-changing
Destroy your enemy by making him your friend.
eye america nephilim
The eyes of that species of extinct giant, whose bones fill the mounds of America, have gazed on Niagara as our eyes do now.
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.
memories lying worst-enemy
I never encourage deceit, and falsehood, especially if you have got a bad memory, is the worst enemy a fellow can have. The fact is truth is your truest friend, no matter what the circumstances are.
loss no-friends pleasure
If we have no friends, we have no pleasure; and if we have them, we are sure to lose them, and be doubly pained by the loss.