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
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You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
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You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence.
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Yet, if God wills that (this war) continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be repaid by another drawn with the sword,
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Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people
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The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise high with the occasion
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I walk slowly, but I never walk backward.
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No law is stronger than is the public sentiment where it is to be enforced.
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