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
dream believe sleep
If we believe the Bible, we must accept the fact that, in the old days, God and his angels came to humans in their sleep and made themselves known in dreams.
likes compliment
Everybody likes compliment.
long backwards walkers
It doesn't mater if you're a slow walker, so long as you don't walk backwards.
forever liberty unions
Let all Americans - let all lovers of liberty everywhere - join in the great and good work. If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union; but we shall have so saved it, as to make, and to keep it, forever worthy of the saving.
heart men touch-me
To lead, you must touch men's hearts.
civilization alcohol tragedy
The legalized liquor business is the tragedy of our civilization. Alcohol is the greatest and most blighting curse of our modern civilization. The liquor seller is simply and only a privileged malefactor - a criminal.
men past half
A man has not the time to spend half his life in quarrels. If any man ceases to attack me, I never remember the past against him.
passion temper ill
Let us do nothing through passion and ill temper.
doing-you ifs
If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything.
short-inspirational-life ifs
If you have never failed you have never lived.
labor superiors
Labor is superior to capital and precedes capital. Without labor, there is no capital.
mean ifs i-can
By all means, don't say, "if I can," say "I will."
office presidential progress
Fellow countrymen: At this second appearing to take the oath of the Presidential office, there is less occasion for an extended address than there was at the first...The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured...
opportunity
I will learn, the opportunity will come.