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
civil-war events confession
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
children father love-is
It is my pleasure that my children are free and happy, and unrestrained by parental tyranny. Love is the chain whereby to bind a child to its parents.
successful men voting
Among free men there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet.
struggle today environment
The struggle of today is not altogether for today - it is for a vast future also.
two study pleasure
Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two, where there was but one, is both a profit and a pleasure.
spring feelings independence
I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
laughing digestion belief
I have always believed that a good laugh was good for both the mental and physical digestion.
cutting knives tree
If i get 8 hours to cut a tree i'll spend 7 hours to sharp my knife.
forgiveness fruit bears
On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.
friendship heart winning
A drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall. So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey which catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the highroad to his reason.
heart world impossible
Nothing in this world is impossible to a willing heart.
hero long honor
A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.
fool clients
He who represents himself has a fool for a client
sleep passion ideas
I could not sleep when I got on such a hunt for an idea until I had caught it; ...This was a kind of passion with me, and it has stuck by me; for I am never easy now, when I am handling a thought, till I have bounded it north, and bounded it south, and bounded it east, and bounded it west.