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
believe speak enough
I believe I shall never be old enough to speak without embarrassment when I have nothing to talk about.
victory earth green
The one victory we can ever call complete will be that one which proclaims that there is not one slave or one drunkard on the face of God's green earth.
aversion
I have a congenital aversion to failure.
rights protection worthy
Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other right.
happiness mind make-up-your-mind
You are as happy as you make up your mind to be.
teamwork men wells
Well, I suppose you know that men will stand a good deal when they are flattered.
may needs unjust
Suspicions which may be unjust need not be stated.
majority ifs
One is a majority if he is right.
rights government people
I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the people. Nothing but the sternest necessity can ever justify it. A government had better go to the extreme of toleration, than to do aught that could be construed into an interference with, or to jeopardize in any degree, the common rights of its citizens.
voice people oppression
Singular indeed the people should be writhing under oppression and injury, and yet not one among them to be found, to raise the voice of complaint.
lonely home men
Lonely men seek companionship. Lonely women sit at home and wait. They never meet.
doe eclipse hundred
He who does something at the head of one Regiment, will eclipse him who does nothing at the head of a hundred.
children father government
Nowhere in the world is presented a government of so much liberty and equality. To the humblest and poorest amongst us are held out the highest privileges and positions. The present moment finds me at the White House, yet there is as good a chance for your children as there was for my father's.
country children generations
May our children and our children's children to a thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us by a united country, and have cause yet to rejoice under those glorious institutions bequeathed us by Washington and his compeers.