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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And whereas this House desires to obtain a full knowledge of all the facts which go to establish whether the particular spot of soil which the blood of our citizens was so shed was, or was not, our own soil.
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We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain.
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All things desirable to men are contained in the Bible.
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The Presidency, even to the most experienced politicians, is no bed of roses; and [Zachary] Taylor like others, found thorns within it. No human being can fill that station and escape censure.
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The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society.
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I never tire of reading Tom Paine.
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Your organization will take on the personality of its top leaders
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To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.
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Why don't you laugh? If I did not laugh I should die, and you need this medicine as much as I do.
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Every man has a right to be equal with every other man.
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We can succeed only by concert. It is not 'can any of us imagine better?, but 'can we all do better?
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God is the silent partner in ALL great enterprises.
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The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing....
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You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn.