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
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.
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.
jealousy men may
Whatever spiteful fools may say, Each jealous ranting yelper, No woman ever went astray, Without a man to help her
struggle government office
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.
war gingerbread earth
I don't s'pose anybody on earth likes gingerbread better'n I do-and gets less'n I do.
war needs unbroken
No State, upon it own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally nothing. I therefore consider that the Union is unbroken. There needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless forced upon the national authority.
war men despotism
As a nation we began by declaring that all me are created equal. We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes.
war food shadow
His argument is as thin as the homeopathic soup that was made by oiling the shadow of a pigeon that had been starved to death.
war father sea
The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea.
country war responsibility
With this honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so under God it will sustain you.
war civil-war said
I failed, I failed, and that is about all that can be said about it.
war civil-war
It's bad. It's damned bad.
war confused ducks
confused and Stunned, like a duck hit on the head.
war civil-war trouble
The trouble with Hooker is that he's got his headquarters where his hindquarters aught to be.