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
libertarian-party liberty politics
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.
men race people
This is essentially a people's contest... whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from all shoulders - to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all - to afford all, an unfettered start and a fair chance, in the race of life.
money father hug
My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter.
leadership men honey
When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind, unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and a true maxim, that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.'
humor two faces
I couldn't be two faced. If I had two faces, I wouldn't wear this one.
wise strong philosophy
Human nature will not change. In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak and as strong, as silly and as wise, as bad and as good. Let us therefore study the incidents in this as philosophy to learn wisdom from and none of them as wrongs to be avenged.
history
We cannot escape history.
freedom men wish
I intend no modification of my oft-expressed wish that all men everywhere could be free.
freedom government public-opinion
Our government rests in public opinion. Whoever can change public opinion, can change the government, practically just so much.
depression men race
I am now the most miserable man living. If what I feel were felt by the whole human race, there would not be one cheerful face left on earth.
death kill-me ifs
If they do kill me, I shall never die another death.
thinking people doubt
Tis better people think you a fool, then open your mouth and erase all doubt.
mind pieces scratches
I am slow to learn and slow to forget that which I have learned. My mind is like a piece of steel, very hard to scratch any thing on it and almost impossible after you get it there to rub it out.
laughter mind awful
Laughter can be used to sooth the mind and get rid of those awful thoughts.