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
change views being-true
I shall adopt new views as fast as they shall appear to be true views.
change hurt believe
I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views.
truth believe knowing
I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.
sympathy agony perfect
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with the passing of time.
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.