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 heart past
Repeal the Missouri Compromise - repeal all compromises - repeal the Declaration of Independence - repeal all past history, you still can not repeal human nature. It still will be the abundance of man's heart, that slavery extension is wrong; and out of the abundance of his heart, his mouth will continue to speak.
animal doe animal-rights
He who sees cruelty and does nothing about it is himself cruel.
autobiography raised farms
I was raised to farm work.
friendship attitude enemy
President Lincoln was once criticized for his attitude toward his enemies. "Why do you try to make friends of them?" asked an associate. "You should try to destroy them." "Am I not destroying my enemies," Lincoln gently replied, "when I make them my friends?"
giving-up russia crowns
The Autocrat of all the Russias will resign his crown, and proclaim his subjects free republicans sooner than will our American masters voluntarily give up their slaves.
liars atheism patient
The only person who is a worse liar than a faith healer is his patient.
bible god religious
Whereas, the Senate of the United States, devoutly recognizing the Supreme Authority and just Government of Almighty God, in all the affairs of men and of nations, has, by a resolution, requested the President to designate and set apart a day for National prayer and humiliation...
inspirational positive confidence
You can have anything you want, if you want it badly enough.
religious selfish thinking
The Bible says somewhere that we are desperately selfish. I think we would have discovered that fact without the Bible.
reading writing names
if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading
disappointment people election
If the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with disappointments to bevery much chagrined.
love modern-family getting-back-together
If you love something, set it free.
sides praying boast
I do not boast that God is on my side, I humbly pray that I am on God's side.
laughter joyous evergreens
Laughter is the joyous universal evergreen of life!