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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Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time.
adversity doe frail
Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.
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Never stir up litigation, a worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this, who can be more nearly a fiend than he who habitually overhauls the register of deeds in search of defects in titles, whereon to stir up strife, and put money in his pocket?
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Calling a tail a leg does not make it a leg.
dog doe killing
Killing the dog does not cure the bite.
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You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm.
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What has once happened, will invariably happen again, when the same circumstances which combined to produce it, shall again combine in the same way
best hope last lose nobody save shall
We shall nobody save or meanly lose the last best hope
believe heart would-be
Whether or not the world would be vastly benefited by a total banishment from it of all intoxicating drinks seems not now an open question. Three-fourths of mankind confess the affirmative with their tongues, and I believe all the rest acknowledge it in their hearts.
divine-revelation judgment lord
The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
mother father writing
I was born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished families--second families, perhaps I should say. My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of the name of Hanks.... My father ... removed from Kentucky to ... Indiana, in my eighth year.... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up.... Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher ... but that was all.
integrity love-yourself winning
I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true.
jealousy men may
Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without a man to help her
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If ever this free people, if this Government itself is ever utterly demoralized, it will come from this incessant human wriggle and struggle for office, which is but a way to live without work.